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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T12:11:03.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nA London boy aged just six has been honoured with the Chief Scout's Unsung Heroes Award after using emergency skills learned through Scouting to rescue his mother from a life-threatening choking episode.\n\nConor Tuohy applied firm back slaps to his mother Anna O'Connor when she began choking on chicken during dinner, drawing on first aid techniques he had picked up at Squirrel Scouts.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe youngster was one of 20 children celebrated at a recent ceremony recognising those who have saved lives, raised funds, and contributed positively to their local communities.\n\nHis mother expressed immense pride in her son's actions, saying: \"I'm beyond proud. Conor's taken it all in his stride and doesn't realise how big a moment it was.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nDuring the incident, Anna O'Connor found herself completely unable to breathe or speak, and was incapable of attracting the attention of any other adult present.\n\nHer young son sprang into action within moments, repeatedly striking her back until the piece of chicken became dislodged from her airway.\n\nDescribing the terrifying experience, she said: \"I've never experienced anything like it. I couldn't breathe, I couldn't talk, I couldn't do anything. Conor came and within seconds started banging my back.\"\n\nThe six-year-old himself recalled the moment simply, explaining: \"I remembered something in Squirrels, you had to tap somebody's back to get the food out.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHe continued administering the first aid technique without any help from others until his mother could breathe again.\n\nSquirrel Scouts represents the Scout Association's youngest membership tier, catering to children between four and six years old.\n\nChief Scout Dwayne Fields praised all the young award recipients, stating they had \"shown real courage, kindness and care for others\" and adding: \"They've stepped up and made a difference when it mattered most.\"\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Hero off-duty British policeman saves US cop's life from rampaging gunman while on holiday\n  * The first Briton to donate more than £1billion in a year to charity revealed\n  * Former vicar 'daunted but excited' as he sets off on 700-mile walk across England\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMs O'Connor has become an advocate for teaching emergency response skills to young children following her son's quick thinking.\n\nShe said: \"I think all children should learn basic first aid. If it wasn't for Conor being in Squirrels, who knows what could have happened.\"\n\nThe weekly Squirrel sessions, lasting one hour each, teach youngsters essential life skills through outdoor activities, games and badge work.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Boy, 6, given award for first-aid heroics after saving his mother’s life when she choked on her dinner"
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