North Forney HS student saves classmates life with Heimlich maneuver

FORNEY (CBSNewsTexas.com) – A routine day turned out to be anything but for North Forney High School junior Charles Atwood. It was at lunch when he started choking on a meatball and didn’t know what to do. In exclusive video shared by Forney ISD with CBS News Texas, you see Atwood choking and pointing at his throat. In an interview with CBS News Texas, he admits, “I was panicking….gasping for air and stuff.” NFHS senior Gustavo Rubio was also in the cafeteria, close enough to know something was wrong. Rubio said, “I look at Charles choking and there’s a student…