9-year-old uses Heimlich maneuver to save friend at school, shocking video shows

A 9-year-old at a school in Raleigh, North Carolina stepped in at just the right time to help a classmate who was choking.

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The second grader was gasping for air and struggling to breathe before his friend took action at Raleigh Oak Charter Academy.

"We were playing basketball, and he ate a granola bar and we started playing longer until he started choking," young Jayceon Branch said. "He was trying to say 'hold on' but he couldn't because he was choking. I didn't know he was actually, actually choking so i just did my thing, which was a Heimlich."

The 9-year-old said he learned the technique from YouTube.

Seven-year-old Donye Moore said he felt "good" after his friend saved his life.