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Footage: Doorbell camera captures moment neighbor saves choking child in Shorewood, Illinois
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Footage: Doorbell camera captures moment neighbor saves choking child in Shorewood, Illinois

SHOREWOOD, Ill. — A suffocating child was saved by his neighbor and everything was filmed.

A Ring dash cam video recorded Saturday night in Shorewood, Illinois, showed Stephanie George running across the street to her neighbor’s house for help as her son Sebastian was choking.

George said her 7-year-old son has a rare genetic syndrome called Cornelia de Lange syndrome.

He was being tube fed when he started choking on a piece of chicken that wasn’t mixed properly.

George said Sebastian was throwing up and turning blue within minutes.

She said her first instinct was to call 911, but she was afraid they wouldn’t get there in time. That’s when she decided to cross the street for help from her neighbor, Gary Hutchinson.

The video showed Hutchinson put Sebastian on his knees and hit the child on the back. It continued until the chicken was dislodged.

“I just jumped in to help,” Hutchinson said.

George said Sebastian is now doing well at home after the ordeal.

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