Needham Responders Save Little Girl From Choking
The quick reactions of two Needham firefighters and a police officer may have prevented an incident from turning tragic.
A Needham toddler who began choking on a doughnut last week received some life-saving assistance from a couple of Needham firefighters and a police officer after they just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Needham Firefighters Gerard Hopkins and Dave Duffy were working detail along with Needham Police Officer Jim Benedict at the site of a building demolition on Deerfield Road last Wednesday, Sept. 26, when a little girl that was playing with other children nearby began choking. “All of a sudden we heard some guy screaming, ‘Help! Help my daughter!’ We looked over and she appeared to be choking,” Hopkins said. Duffy reached the girl first and together with Hopkins tried to help her dislodge the piece of doughnut she had …
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