Sean C. Morgan
Custodian credited with aiding choking third-grader
When 8-year-old Mary Maschke started choking during lunch on April 17 at Oak Heights Elementary, custodian Dennis Hooper didn’t have time to wonder what to do.
He hasn’t had formal training, but he had to act immediately. He did and saved her life.
“I was laughing really hard because one of my friends said something really funny at lunch,” Mary said. She had a grape in…