Chick-Fil-A Worker Jumps Through Window, Saves Child's Life

HALL COUNTY, GA — A local Chick-fil-A employee in this northern Atlanta suburb is being called a hero after he jumped through a drive-thru window and saved a 6-year-old child from choking. Teenager Logan Simmons was working the drive-thru when he saw the boy choking from becoming entangled in his seat belt. Chick-fil-A gave a surveillance video to Channel 2 of the moment when Simmons saw what was going on and then sprung into action.

"I just jumped out the window and ran straight down to the car," Simmons told the station. “It was the quickest option. It was right there and I saw the other car right there.”

Simmons jumped into the car while it was in the drive-thru lane, pulled out a pocketknife and cut the little boy free. The child's mother was begging for help when Simmons rushed in and prevented what could have been a tragedy.

“You could see he was turning red and losing pigmentation in his face," Simmons said.

An hour later, the boy’s mother called Simmons and thanked him for saving her son’s life.

The Atlanta-based fast-food chain is a family-owned and privately held restaurant company founded in 1967 by S. Truett Cathy. Chick-fil-A has more than 2,400 restaurants in 47 states and Washington, D.C.

Earlier this week, the American Customer Satisfaction Index once again chose Chick-fil-A as the nation's favorite restaurant for the fourth consecutive year. The index is based on input from nearly 23,000 consumers. The chain scored an 86 on the 100-point scale, down one point from last year.

Consumers also voted Chick-fil-A No. 4 in Harris Poll’s annual corporate reputation survey, ranking the company 4th out of 100 in 2018. Chick-fil-A was also recognized for customer experience again in the 2018 Temkin Experience Ratings survey, was named “Best Franchise Brand” in 2018 by Airport Revenue News and was named one of the top 100 best places to work by Glassdoor in 2017.

Chick-fil-A reported more than $10 billion in revenue in 2018, which marks 51 consecutive years of sales growth.