05.11.2026 10:40
At a school in Batman, during the lunch break, a 6th-grade student, Miraç Mikail Avağ, who was eating toast, got a piece stuck in his windpipe. His physical education teacher, Ekrem İnci, who was notified by his friend, applied the Heimlich maneuver and removed the piece. The incident, which occurred on November 3, was captured by the school's security camera.
In BATMAN, Miraç Mikail Avağ, whose bite of the toasted sandwich he was eating got stuck in his windpipe, was saved by physical education teacher Ekrem İnci’s Heimlich maneuver. Those moments were captured by the school’s security camera. Teacher İnci said, “We applied the Heimlich maneuver. Thank God, the bite came out and our student was relieved. He had been very scared.”
THOSE MOMENTS ON THE SECURITY CAMERA
The incident occurred on November 3 at Veysel Karani Anatolian Imam Hatip High School Sports Project School. During the lunch break, a bite got stuck in the windpipe of Miraç Mikail Avağ, a 6th-grade student at Sports Secondary School, who was eating a toasted sandwich. Seeing that Avağ could not breathe, his classmate Muhammet İnanç notified physical education teacher Ekrem İnci. İnci came to his student and applied the Heimlich maneuver, ensuring the bite came out. Avağ began breathing again after the intervention. In the footage captured by the school’s security camera, there were moments when Avağ had difficulty breathing, his friend ran to notify his teacher, and İnci intervened with the student.
WE UPDATE OUR FIRST AID COURSES EVERY YEAR
Teacher Ekrem İnci, stating that he once again understood the importance of first aid training, said, “The day the incident happened was the lunch break. One of our students came to us and said his friend had food stuck in his throat. We immediately went to intervene. When we got there, our student could not breathe. Thanks to the first aid training we received, we applied the Heimlich maneuver. Thank God, the bite stuck in his throat came out and our student was relieved. However, he had been very scared. To relieve his fear and anxiety, we took him aside and chatted with him. We informed his parent. Under the leadership of our Ministry and with the instruction of our National Education Directorate, we update our first aid courses every year. We receive our training. We saw and experienced how important first aid is in practice. I think everyone should learn first aid. Saving our student brought us happiness and joy. We don’t just teach lessons at school. We are educators who support our students in every sense, stand in solidarity with them, and stand by them,” he said.
I THANK MY TEACHER
Miraç Mikail Avağ said, “I was eating a toasted sandwich during the lunch break. The toasted sandwich got stuck in my throat. When my friend saw me, he went and told my teacher. My teacher removed the toasted sandwich from my throat. I thank my teacher very much.”
Muhammet İnanç, who notified his teacher when he saw that his friend could not breathe, also said, “My friend and I were on the lunch break. Suddenly my friend started to be unable to breathe. When I saw this, I immediately ran to my teacher. My teacher came and immediately helped him.”