Little League football coach saves the life of a child who was choking

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I know that college and pro football season will be beginning in a few weeks. This story is heroism just happens to star a Little League football coach in Pittsburgh when on Monday he was coaching his youth players in a football field across the street where Rebecca Toth screamed for someone to assist her to save the life of her son who is ten months old who swallowed a plastic bottle cap. Kristian Clayton who is the football coach of the Kiski Valley Little League football team heard the cries of the mom. Kristian who is a former medic in the United States Air Force ran across the street to use his first aid skills did not use the Heimlich maneuver to remove the plastic bottle cap. He decided to put his fingers into the throat and manage to get the plastic bottle out of the throat of the child so that the boy could breathe again. Kristian admitted that after he was able to save the 10 month old boy, the mom of the child were overcome with emotion that he saved the boy's life. The boy who is named James is alive and well thanks to the life saving work of Kristian who is a volunteer coach in the Pittsburgh area. Rebecca and her children are grateful since Kristian mentioned that had he not been there at a football field across the street from the resident of the home where her son nearly died after he swallowed a plastic bottle cap. My belief is that the child swallowed the bottle cap by accident since his mom was likely distracted inside her home on Monday. Even a Little League football coach who served in the military and has life saving skills can save a life.