12-year-old girl saves twin brother’s life when he choked on a piece of cheese

The quick action of a 12-year-old girl saved her twin brother’s life at Leicester Middle School, Massachusetts, USA.

The event occurred in the school lunchroom when the boy, named Charlie, began to choke while swallowing a piece of cheese.. The center’s security cameras captured how the teenager stood up touching his chest and making gestures indicating that he could not breathe, according to the U.S. media. WBZ.

Thanks to the fortitude of his sister Amelia, who performed the Heimlich maneuver, saved the boy’s life and she acknowledged that “it was just my instinct, I really didn’t know what to do, I just felt I had to help him.”