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\"He has always indicated that he wants to be an EMT,\" Johnson's School Principal Latricia Dawkins told the Muskogee Phoenix. \"So he got to put that desire into action and immediately saved that young man.\"

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PHOTO: Sixth grader Davyon Johnson is honored by Undersheriff Greg Martin with a certificate naming him an honorary deputy for the County Sheriff's Office in Muskogee, Okla., Dec. 14, 2021.
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A student was loosening the cap of his water bottle with his mouth, to fill it, when the cap slipped into his throat. The choking student then stumbled into the classroom where Johnson was, a representative for the Muskogee Police Department said.

\"Davyon immediately sprinted over and did the Heimlich maneuver,\" Dawkins told the outlet. \"From the account of the witnesses, when he did it the bottle cap popped out.\"

On his way home from school, Johnson made his second save of the day when he saw a disabled woman walking out of her house while the back of her house was on fire, the police department said.

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PHOTO: Sixth grader Davyon Johnson is honored Muskogee Public Schools, the Police Department, and the County Sheriff's Department in Muskogee, Okla., Dec. 14, 2021.
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\"She was on her porch. But I thought, being a good citizen, I would cross and help her get into her truck and leave,\" Johnson said to the Muskogee Phoenix.

The fire eventually spread to the front of the house.

Johnson told police that he learned how to do the Heimlich maneuver on YouTube.

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PHOTO: Sixth grader Davyon Johnson is honored by Muskogee Police Department in Muskogee, Okla., Dec. 14, 2021.
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