A SPECIAL school assembly was held at Bredenbury Primary School recently, to make certificate presentations to two boys who had saved the life of their choking friend.

Eleven-year-old Jake Webb and 10-year-old Archie Aldridge were awarded with two certificates of achievement, for their use of Heartstart basic emergency life support skills.

As previous reported in the Hereford Times the children had been having their lunch in the school hall, when 10 year old Gedas Vaiciulis began choking on his sandwich.

Gedas said "A hard piece that I couldn't chew got stuck in my throat, I started coughing and I couldn't breathe. My friends went straight into action."

The two boys worked quickly as a team, Archie ran to get help, whilst Jake dealt with the choking incident.

Gedas went on to say "Archie went straight to the teacher and came straight back and got my drink, whilst Jake was doing Heartstart on me."

Dawn Wilson, headteacher for Bredenbury Primary School, said “by the time staff got to Gedas, the food had come out. They did what they’d been taught in their Heartstart lesson and effectively helped to save his life”.