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Edina Teen Saves Choking Customer At McDonald's: Report

The 15-year-old girl jumped through the drive-thru window to help a customer who was choking on a chicken nugget, according to a report.

Fifteen-year-old Sydney Raley, of Edina, jumped through the drive-thru window and pulled a woman out of her car after noticing she was choking, KARE 11 reports.
Fifteen-year-old Sydney Raley, of Edina, jumped through the drive-thru window and pulled a woman out of her car after noticing she was choking, KARE 11 reports. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

EDINA, MN — A 15-year-old Edina girl is being hailed as a hero after she saved a customer who was choking in the drive-thru at an Eden Prairie McDonald’s where she worked, according to a report.

Sydney Raley jumped through the drive-thru window during her shift Saturday to pull a woman out of her car after noticing she was choking, KARE 11 reports.

She tried to perform the Heimlich maneuver then called for help from a bystander who dislodged a chicken nugget that the woman was choking on, according to the report.

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