On Tuesday, the Cobb County School District announced that a rising eighth-grade student at Mabry High School had been recognized by the school for the act of saving his grandmother’s life.
Logan Richardson was honored in May by Mabry principal Jonathan Tanner, not long after the student had performed the Heimlich maneuver on his grandmother, who had begun choking while they were at home together.
According to a Cobb school district release, he asked if he should call 911 and she declined, but he saw she was in serious condition and he dialed for emergency help anyway.
After his grandmother stopped breathing, Logan administered CPR with instructions from the 911 operator.
“Logan’s Grandma was taken to the hospital and eventually released and is OK due to his quick thinking and reaction,” Mabry counselor Amy Hinsley said in the release. “Logan is a true hero!”
A few days later, Tanner surprised Logan with the recognition before his classmates, along with Hinsley, his parents, and Mabry MS nurse Samantha Stephens.
Stephens gave him three beads, signifying hope and will, the loyalty of a wingman and a ladybug, “a symbol of good fortune, good luck and protection.”
Logan said the key to his actions was to “try to stay calm and follow your gut.”
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