Mom Searching for Nurse Who Saved Her Choking Daughter's Life
A Connecticut mother is breathing a huge sigh of relief that her 3-year-old daughter, Erin, is alive.
The mother is also on the lookout for the good Samaritan who dashed over to help during an intense situation, and then promptly disappeared.
Julie Fraysier was loading her children into the car at a Target parking lot in Windsor, Connecticut.
Fraysier has four daughters, ranging in age from 1 to 7.
The girls were playing in the backseat with quarters, Erin’s sister Lauren said. When Fraysier glanced back at Erin, she noticed something was amiss.
“I noticed my daughter looked like she was gagging or trying to throw up,” Fraysier told WTIC.
She realized that Erin was choking, and hurriedly grabbed her out of the car. Fraysier repeatedly hit Erin on the back, but the quarter remained stuck, and Erin was unable to breathe.
Urgently, Fraysier began yelling for help, asking someone to call 911.
What happened next seemed like something out of a movie.
Out of nowhere, a woman appeared. In true superhero fashion, she saved the day, and then seemingly vanished.
“Someone came over and said she was a nurse, and just hit her on the back really hard and a coin came out,” Fraysier said.
Fraysier recalled that the woman seemed in a hurry to get going.
“Seemed like she had a child with her, so she had to go,” Fraysier said.
Everything happened so quickly, Fraysier wasn’t able to find out the woman’s name. She didn’t even have time to thank her.
Thanks to this woman’s willingness to step up and help, Fraysier was able to buckle her child back into her carseat, and drive away with a car full of healthy kids. Without the mystery woman, the situation could have ended much differently.
Now, Fraysier is hoping someone will help connect her to the mystery woman so that she and Erin can give a proper thank you.
Maybe Target would even reward the woman for her efforts with a gift card or shopping spree, Fraysier thought.
“That would be awesome to just say ‘thank you,”’ Fraysier said. “She potentially saved my daughter’s life.”
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