Manchester Boy Honored As 'Hometown Hero' for Saving Brother's Life

Young Campfield Heinrich, a 12-year old Manchester boy and a member of the Boys Scouts who saved his younger brother Paxton's life earlier this year by administering the Heimlich Maneuver to him while he was choking, received quite the honor recently. Actually, several of them when it was all said and done. 

Heinrich, a member of Boy Scouts of America's local Troop 27, was presented with a "Hometown Hero" award from the town of Manchester by Mayor Leo V. Diana, a citation from the Connecticut General Assembly signed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and a Heroism Award from the Boy Scouts of America presented by Boy Scouts of America District Chairman Andy Pulvermacher and Senior District Executive Jared Ramsdell all in a ceremony last Thursday, Sept. 27, at St. Mary’s Church in town. 

Campfield and his family were sitting down for dinner on Feb., 2012, when he noticed his younger brother Paxton, 9, was red and unable to speak. Campfield quickly rushed up behind him and administered the Heimlich Maneuver, a skill which he said he learned as a member of the Boy Scouts of America. 

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