Substitute Teacher Saves Student Choking On A Corndog

This life-saving moment was unbelievably caught on video! A substitute teacher saves a student choking on a corndog in the middle of lunch hour in a busy lunchroom. 

For those of us who know and love God, we know he orchestrates every one of our days of life before one of them ever comes to be. He is the author and perfecter of our lives and he works all things together for our good. 

And this was certainly the case for Sadie Carwyle, a substitute teacher who happened to be in the right moment and at the right time to save the life of student Ryan Buckner. He was busy eating a classic school lunch favorite–a corn dog as he was busy chatting with his friends when a chunk became lodged in his throat. 

Unable to breathe or dislodge it himself, Sadie noticed right away his face was discolored from the lack of oxygen. She also saw the panic written all over Ryan’s face. Sadie said she knew instantly what was happening and jumped into action. She quickly walked over to Ryan and turned him around in order to properly position him for the Heimlich maneuver. 

It took eight attempts before the corndog was finally dislodged from his throat. Sadie says she saw the color come back to his face and that’s when she knew everything was going to be okay. And perhaps, this detail isn’t critical but can we all just be impressed for a moment because Sadie not only saved this teen’s life but she did it in heels. 

Sadie can be seen wearing stylish booties and perhaps the extra height from the shoes helped give her a slight edge when performing the life-saving Heimlich maneuver. 

We can thank God for Sadie’s life-saving and stylish skill set and for placing her to work at the school on that very critical day. 

“And in Your book all the days [of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them,” Psalm 139:16