Kayla Lopez, 7, was eating lunch in her Cliffside Park classroom when she started choking.
"I was eating some steak, I was sitting down, then my steak kind of got stuck," said Kayla
The family is feeling a sign of relief and is thankful that the aide stepped up when their daughter was struggling to breathe. "I'm thankful that she jumped into that adrenaline mode, I'm gonna do what I gotta do and no more consequences, whatever the situation is, we're gonna get this done," said her dad, John Lopez.
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