02.09.2025 06:29
A bus driver in Kocaeli saved the life of a 3-year-old child who was choking on a chip and unable to breathe by performing the Heimlich maneuver. Those moments were captured by the vehicle's interior camera.
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The bus driver who performed the Heimlich maneuver on a child in Kocaeli who choked on chips and couldn't breathe saved a life in seconds. Those moments were captured by the vehicle's interior camera.
The municipal bus belonging to Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality UlaşımPark A.Ş, which carries passengers between Gebze and Dilovası, suddenly started to hear screams from inside while heading towards Gebze.
3-YEAR-OLD CHILD'S AIRWAY BLOCKED
Upon hearing the sounds, bus driver Ferdi Karabacak immediately pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road. Seeing that chips had lodged in the airway of the 3-year-old child, driver Karabacak intervened immediately.
DRIVER SAVED WITH HEIMLICH MANEUVER
The driver removed the chips that had lodged in the child's throat using the Heimlich maneuver. The driver's calmness and the moments he saved the child were captured by the vehicle's interior camera.
"GOD BLESS YOU FOR THIS"
Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tahir Büyükakın, who shared those moments on his social media account, said, "God bless you for this. Our captain Ferdi saved a little passenger who choked on food with the Heimlich maneuver. I congratulate our driver for his quick and calm intervention. This exemplary behavior that touches human life gave us all pride."
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