ALLENSTOWN, N.H.
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Six-year-old Clayton Soule-Lambert was playing inside his Allenstown home Thursday when he started choking on a marble.
Clayton couldnt breathe, and his lips started to change color.
"They were really blue. They were dark, dark blue," he said.
With his mother in the shower and his father at work as a firefighter in Bedford, it was up to his 10-year-old brother Dylan to save his life.
Dylan performed the Heimlich maneuver on his younger brother.
"I'm like, 'OK, I've seen this before. I've never done it. I'm not sure it will work, but let's try this,'" he said.
The marble flew out of Clayton's mouth.
Dylan said he learned how to do the Heimlich from his dad and by watching cartoons.
"I didn't want my brother to die, because it would be really sad. And my family would also be sad, and our life wouldn't be the same without him," Dylan said.
His father, Aaron, said helping others is in his son's blood.
"He's has three uncles that are also firemen, so he's been around it his whole life," he said.
His mother, Catherine, said she is grateful for a fast-acting son.
"You think you're at home and everything is all right, but it can all change in seconds," she said.
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