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Office. Editorial 985-2131

Sherwood Park’s Brad Lund
hailed as hero for his actions

A NORTH Vancouver mother is crediting an elementary
school administrator with saving her son's fife on Wed-

nesday, June 2,

But Sherwood Park elementary
school vice-principal Brad Lund
down-played his role in the inci-
dent, crediting, instead, the stu-
dent’s quick actions in seeking
help when he found himself in
trouble.

Anthony Richards, a 12-year-
old Grade 7 student at Sherwood
Park clementary school, was
eating kis lunch on Wednesday
when he began choking on a piece
of cucumber.

Richards ran down a hallway to
the school’s office and screamed
for help.

He was Jucky that Lund hap-
pened to be in the office and was
extra lucky that Lund knew the
Heimlich manoeuvre, a_ first-aid
technique used when a person is
choking or drowning.

“He came running down the
hall saying he was choking and
couldn't breathe. | happened to be
there and performed the Heimlich
manoeuvre cn him three times un-
til a small piece of cucumber
popped out of his mouth,’’ said
Lund.

Added Richards: '*f was kind of
scared. | was worried that | would
pass out.”’

Lund said Richards made the
tight decision in running to the
school office for help.

He said he has heard of people

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

in restaurants who have choked
on food and, instead of seeking
help, have run to the restaurant's
oathroom and died.

Richards’ mother
Lund a hero.

“He saved my son’s life. 1 was
just’ so grateful he (Lund) was
there. He (Anthony) ran to the
office screaming ‘help me, help
me, ['m choking and can't
breathe.’

“Anthony was really shaken up
by it. if it wasn’t for Brad Lund,
my son would have died,” said
Richards.

But Lund dismissed the tide of
hero, saying he was in the right
place at the right time.

He said he learned the Heimlich
manoeuvre technique in
which a person’s abdomen is
pressed upward, suddenly
elevating the diaphragm and com-
pressing (he lungs — in a CPR
course.

Both Lund

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and Anthony
Richards said they recommend
people learn how to use the
Heimlich manoeuvre properly.
When asked if he learned any-
thing from the incident, Anthony
replied: ‘‘Chew your food.’’

Education ministry

nixes annex plans
Dorothy Lynas facility at St. Pius X

THE NORTH Vancouver District 44 Schoot Board (NVSB)
and the education ministry have dropped plans to build an
eight-room annex to serve students attending the over-
crowded Dorothy Lynas elementary school.

North Vancouver-Seymour
Liberal MLA Daniel Jarvis slam-
med the decision Friday and siid
he will demand answers from the
education ministry.

In) March, North Vancouver
District Council approved a siting
plan to build an eight-room
school facility for Dorothy Lynas
at the St. Pius No Parish site
located at 1150 Mount Seymour
Rd.

“To our knowledge there are no
definite plans in place to relieve
the overcrowding at Dorothy

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

Lynas for the 1993-94 school
year,’ said Stephen O'Neill,
chairman of the churel’s building
committee,

O'Neill said the church befiev-
ed a lease agreement between the
ebureh and the NVSB had already
been approved by the education
ministry.

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NEWS photo Mike Wahketield

SHERWOOD PARK Elementary Grade 7 student Anthony Richards holds up a
‘piece of cucumber similar to the one he began choking on while having lunch at
the school this week. School vice-principal Brad Lund, left, came to Richards’
rescue by performing the Heimlich manoeuvre on the youngster.

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