Adolescent Cheerleader Leaped Off Parade Float to Rescue a Choking Toddler’s Life
A 17-year-old adolescent cheerleader transforms into a champion as she rescues a choking toddler using basic life-saving skills. Tyra Winters, a 17-year-old youth cheerleader from Texas, was enjoying her homecoming march. What followed has led to this intelligent and brave youngster being hailed as a hero across the country.
While Tyra was enjoying the march, she spotted a distressed mom in the crowd, calling for help as her infant son was choking. It was 2019 when Tyra Winters heard the anxious screams from the mom while she was on a float with her fellow cheerleaders and football squad from Rockwall High School, near Dallas.
Tyra looked out into the crowd and saw the little boy in trouble, his face turning red. Clarke, the little toddler, was choking on a portion of candy.
Clarke was turning purple when Tyra skipped the school float and ran towards him. She picked Clarke up, slanted him down, and gave him two or three back pushes. Clarke then started spitting everything up. Tyra performed the Heimlich maneuver on the little Clarke. The Heimlich maneuver is a first-aid procedure for dislodging an obstruction from a person’s windpipe.
Tyra credited her mother for teaching her the life-saving trick, something that she carried with her to save Clarke.
This inspiring story is evidence that we should all know simple life-saving abilities.