{"id":792,"date":"2011-11-18T17:45:42","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T22:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews\/?p=792"},"modified":"2011-11-19T11:50:48","modified_gmt":"2011-11-19T16:50:48","slug":"10-year-old-saves-best-friends-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/goodnews\/2011\/11\/10-year-old-saves-best-friends-life.html","title":{"rendered":"10-year-old saves best friend&#8217;s life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Schulz, 10, and Carter Sharpe, 9, have been buddies since they were toddlers. So, it&#8217;s not surprising that the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, fourth graders are rather nonchalant about an extraordinary event a while back.<\/p>\n<p>It seems Hunter saved Carter&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews\/files\/2011\/11\/gummy-worm1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-808\" title=\"gummy worm\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/210\/2011\/11\/gummy-worm1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Hunter was plunking around on his mom&#8217;s piano. He can&#8217;t really play &#8212; just likes seeing what tunes he can pick out, sometimes rolling his knuckles on the black keys. That&#8217;s what he was doing when Carter was scarfing down sour gummy worms as he was\u00a0goofing around in a chair.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was wiggling around and fell off,&#8221; Carter told Tulsa&#8217;s Fox Channel 23.<\/p>\n<p>And the candy got stuck in his throat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At first I thought he was joking,&#8221; Hunter told the TV station.<\/p>\n<p>But it was very real &#8212; and Carter was in trouble, as you can see in this video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/eplayer.clipsyndicate.com\/cs_api\/iframe?pl_id=19942&amp;page_count=5&amp;wpid=9601&amp;tags=CCTVI_NEWS_LOCAL,5709&amp;windows=1&amp;va_id=2573059&amp;show_title=0&amp;auto_next=1&amp;auto_start=0\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"625\" height=\"430\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Schulz, 10, and Carter Sharpe, 9, have been buddies since they were toddlers. So, it&#8217;s not surprising that the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, fourth graders are rather nonchalant about an extraordinary event a while back. It seems Hunter saved Carter&#8217;s life. Hunter was plunking around on his mom&#8217;s piano. 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