These brave first graders jumped into action and saved their teacher. The heroic trio knew precisely what to do during this emergency, helping to keep their teacher alive. Watch the short but powerful clip to hear about the scary circumstances and how these little guys didn’t waste any time; they immediately did what they could to help their teacher in distress.

Life is an unpredictable journey, marked by numerous twists and turns along the way. Sure, we may have an idea of what is coming or how a particular situation may play out, but we cannot be certain. Things do happen, most of which are out of our control. But that’s life, right? When you have plans, life can and often does come along and completely change them.

Since life is so unpredictable, emergencies do occur. Of course, because we never know when they will take place, the best we can do is to be prepared and know what to do. That’s all you can hope for when one of the unforeseen and unfortunate situations happens.

Thankfully, when an emergency occurred in the classroom that impacted an elementary school teacher, three young men knew what to do. They did not shy away from the situation.  A clip posted on YouTube tells the story of how they all stepped in, in a big way, to save a life.

A teacher in Virginia started choking on a piece of food in the classroom. That’s when the three young men took action instead of cowering during the emergency. They divided and conquered, with each of them completing different but crucial tasks. One alerted a nearby teacher to the situation, and another contacted the office and informed the administration that their teaching was choking. At the same time, a third child performed a modified version of the Heimlich maneuver on the choking teacher.

“The student next to me bent me over and started doing back blows to my back to where I dislodged the food,” the teacher said.

“They 100 percent saved my life,” she later added.

The three first graders turned in an A+ performance, with all three of them lifesaving heroes.

2 Thessalonians 3:13 “And you, my brothers, do not get tired of well-doing.”