Today, the AWESOME is in Colonial Heights, Virginia. Three first graders in Virginia are being hailed as real-life heroes after their quick thinking and teamwork helped save their teacher’s life during a frightening moment in the classroom. It all happened at Lakeview Elementary School, where 23-year-old Madison Swift was teaching in her first year as an educator. While working with a student and eating at the same time, Swift suddenly began choking on her food and was unable to breathe. That’s when three of her students — 7-year-old Kolton and 6-year-olds Dereck and Bryson — immediately realized something was wrong. Dereck ran to press the classroom’s emergency call button and, along with other students, urgently told the office that their teacher was choking. Bryson sprinted out of the room to get help from another teacher across the hallway. Meanwhile, Kolton stayed right by Swift’s side and began giving her back blows to try to dislodge the food. Swift later recalled that those back blows worked. The food was dislodged, and help quickly arrived thanks to the boys’ fast response, who she says saved her life, and THAT’S AWESOME.