This is my America: Texas cheerleader, 17, jumps off her homecoming parade float to save a choking toddler in the crowd

• A Texas high school cheerleader is being praised for her quick actions that saved a little boy's life
• Tyra Winters, 17, was sitting on a float waving at the crowd during her school's homecoming parade when she heard a woman call for help
• Tyra noticed a toddler in his mother's arms who was choking on a piece of candy
• She jumped off her school's float and performed the Heimlich maneuver on the toddler who then spat up the food
• The youngster, named Clarke, was able to breathe once again after Tyra's actions.

Texicans don't mess around - they get the job done.