I got him

I would like to know the meaning of “I got him!”

Tyra Winters was participating in her homecoming parade when she saw a child choking in the crowd.It was the homecoming parade in Rockwall, Texas, and cheerleader Tyra Winters, outfitted in her uniform, was riding atop one of the school’s floats. As it slowly made its way down the boulevard, the 17-year-old enthusiastically waved at the crowd, all the while soaking in the music, laughter, and applause. All of a sudden, a horrific scream pierced the joyous cacophony. Looking down, Winters saw a two-year-old on the sidewalk gasping for air, his frantic mother pleading for help. The boy, Clarke Hornback, had been sucking on a piece of candy when it slid down the back of his mouth, lodging in his throat and blocking his windpipe. “I see a little bright red face and his mom’s begging, ‘Someone help me, someone help me,’ ” Winters told KTVT. “There was no coughing; there was no breathing,” Clarke’s mother, Nicole Hornback, later told news station NBCDFW. “He was just gasping for air.” No one seemed to know how to help. Except for Winters. A senior with dreams of becoming a pediatric surgeon, she had learned the Heimlich maneuver and CPR. Knowing that the clock was ticking, she leaped off the moving float and ran to the child. By the time she got to Clarke, his face had turned purple. “I got him!” she yelled to Nicole as she grabbed the boy from her. “I tilted him and gave a good three back thrusts,” she told the local CBS station.