Niblack’s Church recognized for saving choking student.
Minnie J. Niblack Elementary Principal Makeba Murphy (right) hugs Saporia Church on Tuesday morning after Murphy and the Columbia County School Board honored Church, a paraprofessional at the school, for saving a student’s life last month. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
A normal day at Minnie J. Niblack Elementary School could have turned into a tragedy a month ago.
During lunch at the school on Aug. 25, one of the third-grade students, Ta’nya Stafford, began choking.
