Sen. Hill Declares CHP Officer A Community Hero!

California Highway Patrol Officer Art Montiel, 5-year-old Miguel Alvarez and state Senator Jerry Hill celebrated Montiel being declared a Community Hero for the 13th Senate District for his quick thinking and swift actions to save Miguel, who began choking while out on a grocery shopping trip with his mother in Redwood City on August 22.

The honor was bestowed Friday at Gallery 9 in Los Altos.

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Montiel, who was off-duty and happened to be grocery shopping, came upon Miguel and his mother in great distress in the store’s produce section. He assessed the child’s condition and immediately applied techniques to dislodge a grape that was causing Miguel to choke.

Photo one: Left to right, CHP Officer Montiel, Miguel Alvarez and Hill. Photo courtesy of the CHP Redwood City. Photo two: Left to right, Montiel; Miguel; his mother, Teresa, his father and namesake, Miguel; and Senator Jerry Hill. -- At Gallery 9 in Los Altos, Sept. 5, 2014. Photo courtesy of the Office of Senator Jerry Hill.