Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, July 16, 1995                   TAG: 9507170071
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: D-6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: UNIONVILLE                                LENGTH: Short

8-YEAR-OLD HERO SAVES SIS FROM POWER RANGER

When 8-year-old Jonathon Edwards' 21-month-old half-sister began choking on a piece from a plastic Power Ranger toy, he jumped into action.

Jonathon was sitting outside in a swing last weekend when he heard his half-sister Brittany begin choking. ``She was coughing and was blue and purple in the face and trying to get something out of her throat. I wasn't scared, because I knew what was wrong.''

The boy looked into the toddler's mouth, saw the bit of plastic lodged in her throat, and reached in and pulled it out.

``Brittany went back to playing right away,'' he said.

``It scared me to death, I thank God he was there,'' said Anna Edwards, the children's grandmother, who was watching them.