By Steve Nolan PUBLISHED: 19:59 EST, 17 June 2013 | UPDATED: 02:13 EST, 18 June 2013 A schoolboy passed a first aid course and then went home and saved his younger brother's life just hours later. Quick-thinking James Reed, nine, stopped his three-year-old brother Harri from choking after he stopped breathing and started to turn blue while eating a sandwich. James, a cadet volunteer with St John Ambulance, sprang into action and used the first aid skills he'd learned earlier that day and gave Harri three strong blows to the back. Hero: Quick-thinking James Reed, right, saved brother Harri, left, from choking after he stopped breathing and turned blue while eating a sandwich
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James Reed stopped three-year-old Harri from choking on a sandwich
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The quick-thinking youngster performed first aid when Harri turned blue
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He had learned how to deal with a choking incident earlier that day
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James will receive a special award from St John Ambulance this weekend
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