Chick-fil-A store.Photo:GettyA Chick-fil-A employee in Georgia helped save a life on Monday after a child began choking while her mom was attempting to order food at the fast food restaurant’s drive-thru.Liliana Leahy and her daughter, Theia, were going shopping and decided to stop and grab lunch, the mothershared on InstagramMonday. Soon after arriving at the Chick-f, Theia started choking.Liliana leapt out of the driver’s seat of her car to help her daughter, who “was crying” and couldn’t breathe while pointing to her mouth. As panic set in, she screamed for help, catching the attention of Mia, a Chick-fil-A employee who “dropped everything and ran” to them and started performing the Heimlich maneuver on Theia.After “a few thrusts,” Theia coughed up the coin, Liliana shared. “Shaken” from the incident, the mom added that she “cried and hugged” her daughter after it was all over.“I can’t thank Mia enough for saving Theia,” Liliana wrote. “She was at the right place today and didn’t hesitate for even a second.”The mother added that Theia “is fine and chirping as usual now.” She even asked for some ice cream, which the restaurant provided.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“We’re so proud of Mia and are grateful she was able to help this sweet girl,”Truett’s Chick-fil-A in Newnanwrote on the business’ Facebook page.Chick-fil-A did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.Liliana, meanwhile, is also thanking God, who she said “took my wheel to make that turn” into the Chick-fil-A on Monday.The mom added that she believes God “knew” she needed to be there in that moment and that it would have taken her “longer to find help” if she hadn’t made the stop.“It was like less than a couple of minutes but felt like forever,” she wrote on Instagram.
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A Chick-fil-A employee in Georgia helped save a life on Monday after a child began choking while her mom was attempting to order food at the fast food restaurant’s drive-thru.Liliana Leahy and her daughter, Theia, were going shopping and decided to stop and grab lunch, the mothershared on InstagramMonday. Soon after arriving at the Chick-f, Theia started choking.Liliana leapt out of the driver’s seat of her car to help her daughter, who “was crying” and couldn’t breathe while pointing to her mouth. As panic set in, she screamed for help, catching the attention of Mia, a Chick-fil-A employee who “dropped everything and ran” to them and started performing the Heimlich maneuver on Theia.After “a few thrusts,” Theia coughed up the coin, Liliana shared. “Shaken” from the incident, the mom added that she “cried and hugged” her daughter after it was all over.“I can’t thank Mia enough for saving Theia,” Liliana wrote. “She was at the right place today and didn’t hesitate for even a second.”The mother added that Theia “is fine and chirping as usual now.” She even asked for some ice cream, which the restaurant provided.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“We’re so proud of Mia and are grateful she was able to help this sweet girl,”Truett’s Chick-fil-A in Newnanwrote on the business’ Facebook page.Chick-fil-A did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.Liliana, meanwhile, is also thanking God, who she said “took my wheel to make that turn” into the Chick-fil-A on Monday.The mom added that she believes God “knew” she needed to be there in that moment and that it would have taken her “longer to find help” if she hadn’t made the stop.“It was like less than a couple of minutes but felt like forever,” she wrote on Instagram.
A Chick-fil-A employee in Georgia helped save a life on Monday after a child began choking while her mom was attempting to order food at the fast food restaurant’s drive-thru.
Liliana Leahy and her daughter, Theia, were going shopping and decided to stop and grab lunch, the mothershared on InstagramMonday. Soon after arriving at the Chick-f, Theia started choking.
Liliana leapt out of the driver’s seat of her car to help her daughter, who “was crying” and couldn’t breathe while pointing to her mouth. As panic set in, she screamed for help, catching the attention of Mia, a Chick-fil-A employee who “dropped everything and ran” to them and started performing the Heimlich maneuver on Theia.
After “a few thrusts,” Theia coughed up the coin, Liliana shared. “Shaken” from the incident, the mom added that she “cried and hugged” her daughter after it was all over.
“I can’t thank Mia enough for saving Theia,” Liliana wrote. “She was at the right place today and didn’t hesitate for even a second.”
The mother added that Theia “is fine and chirping as usual now.” She even asked for some ice cream, which the restaurant provided.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
“We’re so proud of Mia and are grateful she was able to help this sweet girl,”Truett’s Chick-fil-A in Newnanwrote on the business’ Facebook page.
Chick-fil-A did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Liliana, meanwhile, is also thanking God, who she said “took my wheel to make that turn” into the Chick-fil-A on Monday.
The mom added that she believes God “knew” she needed to be there in that moment and that it would have taken her “longer to find help” if she hadn’t made the stop.
“It was like less than a couple of minutes but felt like forever,” she wrote on Instagram.
source: people.com
