[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 162 (Wednesday, November 28, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2153]
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   RECOGNIZING VICKI WILLIAMS AND DEBBIE McMICHEN, BOSTON ELEMENTARY 
                    SCHOOL, CHEROKEE COUNTY, GEORGIA

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                             HON. BOB BARR

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 28, 2001

  Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, the teachers of today are 
extraordinary human beings, dedicated to educating America's youth. 
Today I would like to recognize two teachers in Georgia who are a step 
above extraordinary, especially to one little boy.
  Just before 8:00 a.m. during the before-school program at Boston 
Elementary School in Cherokee County, Georgia, Vickie Williams looked 
over the children watching television and noticed that something was 
not right with one of the first-grade boys. When the boy began to 
clutch his throat and became discolored, Ms. Williams realized the 
child was choking; she responded immediately. While Ms. Williams 
preformed the Heimlich maneuver, Ms. Debbie McMichen dialed 911 and 
alerted the appropriate individuals. The two teachers, both CPR 
certified, successfully dislodged a small hairclip from the first-
grader's throat.
  Both Mrs. Vickie Williams and Ms. Debbie McMichen were recognized at 
a Board of Education meeting on October 9, 2001, and today I recognize 
them for not only being extraordinary teachers, but now, life-savers.

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