Student saves another students’ life

By Trisha Maldonado

Douglas Dispatch
Published/Last Modified on Monday, August 20, 2012 4:38 PM MDT


Something he saw on television helped a Huber Middle School student save another student’s life the first day of school Aug. 2.


Antonio Alvarado, left and Oscar Trujillo,right, both seventh graders at Huber Middle school. Trujillo helped save Alvarado’s life on the first day of school. Trisha Maldonado/Douglas Dispatch

Oscar Trujillo, 12, and Antonio Alvarado, 14, both sat in the cafeteria having lunch and talking about their summer vacation.

Trujillo looked over at Alvarado and noticed he was choking on something.

“I knew he wasn’t playing because his eyes were watery and he couldn’t talk,” Trujillo said.

“I was scared, I couldn’t breathe,” Alvarado, son of Yolanda and Antonio Alvarado, said.

Trujillo immediately jumped up and started the Heimlich maneuver on Alvarado. “I learned it on TV,” said the seventh grader matter-of-factly.

According to Principal Andrea Overman there was an adult present at the time of the incident, but Trujillo responded faster to his friends’ need of assistance.

Trujillo, son of Mercedes and Oscar Trujillo, said “it feels good to save someone’s life, I’m just glad I was there.”

When asked what he was choking on, Alvarado also a seventh grader said “I was eating peas, and just starting choking on them.”

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Comments

    good job wrote on Aug 22, 2012 3:47 PM:

    " Good job Oscar! Perhaps the school district should look into CPR classes for students. "

    jose wrote on Aug 22, 2012 10:13 AM:

    " bottom line,a life was save,
    thanks(gracias Oscar) "

    Monalissa wrote on Aug 22, 2012 8:45 AM:

    " Good job young hero! So proud of you! "

    Bizworldusa wrote on Aug 22, 2012 4:04 AM:

    " Good job,Congrats young man You made all of us proud..

    Regards
    Bizworldusa "

    Eric Duthie wrote on Aug 21, 2012 5:08 PM:

    " Congratulations to a young man who saw a problem and handled it!Way to pay attention to the important things in life and not run when the challenge was before you. You made all of us proud! "

    Jackie wrote on Aug 21, 2012 2:48 PM:

    " It should be "student's" not "students'". The first one is singular & posessive - one student's life - and the second is plural possessive - multiple students' lives. Only one kid was saved. If you want to seem like a credible news source, try proof reading.

    Just saying... "

    proof read wrote on Aug 20, 2012 4:08 PM:

    " Seriously please proof read your articles before you publish them. Even the headline was missing a whole word. and he was eating PEAS not PEES. seriously proof read. "

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