They say what goes around comes around. And in this real-life inspiring story about guardian angels, that certainly seems to be the case. The Albanesa family saved a life, then had a life saved -- all in the span of a few weeks! The days of an "eye for an eye" may have passed. But Scott Albanesa, Sr. believes God recently granted his family a life for a life.
"He looked and saw her choking and he went, immediately turned, stood her up, did the Heimlich maneuver in the aisle," says restaurant manager Rose Burke.RELATED: 15 Real-Life Inspirational Stories That Motivate Scott Jr. rushed to the woman's aide, using the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge the food caught in the woman's throat. Amazingly, it's a technique he'd only just learned in a high school class a few days prior. At the time, he asked his teacher if she'd ever had to use the technique.
"And she said, 'At 15 years Scott, I've never used this maneuver.' And here I am, not even a week after, I'm using it," the teen marveled.Following the "Lifesaver" course, God gave Scott Jr. the opportunity to be a guardian angel, saving the woman choking in the restaurant where he worked.
"After about three times of doing the maneuver the food unlodged, which I was very thankful for, and I was just incredibly lucky to be able to help, I'm really happy, she's okay," Scott Jr. said.There's no doubt the timing was anything but coincidence -- it was divine! Little did Scott Jr. know, just a few weeks later, his kind deed would be repaid in a very special way.
"[It] was going through my head that I'm going to die," Scott Sr. said.
"Seeing my son saved this woman, I believe in the pay it forward thing. A life for a life. This man saved my life. God was there for me," Scott Sr. said.Nursing a serious concussion, things rushed so quickly and Scott Sr. never got the chance to thank the mysterious Good Samaritan. But he's hoping and praying to get the chance after posting his story to Facebook.