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Timing, training help Garfield police officer save boy, 5, choking on quarter

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SHOUT OUT: Garfield Police Officer Francisco Sanchez knew he didn’t have much time when he found a 5-year-old boy choking on a quarter Saturday afternoon.

“I pulled up and they are putting him into the car to take him to the hospital and I grab him,” Sanchez said. “I was going to do the Heimlich Maneuver, but he was already starting to go limp.

“So I sat him on my knee and I gave him four blows to his back and he started throwing up and the quarter popped out.”

Loved ones of David Samiel II were grateful. READ MORE….

ABOVE: Garfield Police Officer Francisco Sanchez with David Samiel II (STORY / PHOTO: Daily Voice Community Editor Matthew Speiser)

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