DOUGLAS COUNTY—A Kansas High School student is being hailed as a hero for taking action to save a woman's life.
Adrian Mendoza, a senior from Free State High School in Lawrence has attended the Lawrence Kansas Police Department's Teen Police Academy the last two summers, according to a social media report from Lawrence Police.
There, he learned life-saving techniques that he used when there were needed. Adrian was serving food at a local independent living facility where he saw someone choking and another person struggling to help. He says he doesn't even remember thinking about it. His training took over and he performed the Heimlich maneuver the officers taught him. A chicken bone dislodged in her throat and the woman is fine today.