Michele Meehan, a 19-year special-education aide at Old Mill Road Elementary School in North Merrick, heard a “funny cough” behind her earlier this month in the classroom in which she works. When she turned around, Meehan saw a fifth-grade girl clearly in distress — the girl had begun choking while eating an apple during snack time.
“She was in trouble,” Meehan later recalled.
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By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com
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5/30/13
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