A young girl from Texas is being celebrated as a hero after she saved her younger brother from choking on a piece of candy while the two were playing on their backyard trampoline. The quick-thinking sibling, identified as Leah James, performed the Heimlich maneuver on her brother, Logan, preventing what could have been a tragic accident.

According to reports, the siblings were jumping on their trampoline at home in Lavon, Texas, when Logan suddenly began to choke on a hard candy. Leah immediately recognized the signs of distress and sprang into action. Remembering what her mother had taught her, she wrapped her arms around Logan and performed the Heimlich maneuver, a life-saving technique used to dislodge objects from a choking person’s airway.

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