A GRATEFUL mum is desperate to track down the ‘Wonder Woman’ stranger who saved her son from choking to death so she can say a heartfelt thank you.

Jenni Buttery and her partner Paul Smith were on holiday in Bournemouth with their son Harry, who has Down’s Syndrome, when he began to choke on a chicken nugget in his buggy.

The frantic parents patted the four-year-old’s back but were powerless to help as Harry’s face drained of colour.

But a mystery woman ‘appeared from nowhere’, grabbed Harry and performed the Heimlich manoeuvre to dislodge the food.

In the commotion, Jenni and Paul, a project and installation engineer, didn’t have chance to thank the woman they call Harry's ‘guardian angel’ who saved their son’s life.

Jenni, 47, said: “I’d gone into Barclay’s bank and left Harry, who was happily eating away, with his dad. We were heading back down the road when all of a sudden Harry began choking and coughing.

“When his face started going red, we began to panic. His dad was patting his back and I was trying to desperately undo his buggy straps.

“This woman appeared from nowhere, like Wonder Woman and took over.

“She said ‘I know what to do I’ve done this before' and just grabbed him.

“I was really panicking. As she performed the Heimlich manoeuver a piece of chicken nugget came flying out of his mouth.

“She was so lovely. She stayed with us to check we were all okay but it was all over in seconds and we all went our separate ways. I felt so rude I didn’t know her name or anything.”

The couple returned home to Stafford on Saturday and took to social media to track down the saviour who helped at around 1pm on Friday, June 2 near Barclay’s bank on Old Christchurch Road.

Jenni, a former teaching assistant, said: “I clearly wasn’t thinking straight at the time, it was hugely frightening and I was in such a panic. It wasn’t really until we returned home we reflected on it all.

“This wonderful woman saved our son’s life.

“It makes me well up. Harry has so many followers. We nearly lost him when he was born but he’s a fighter.

“Harry has Down’s Syndrome but he’s healthy, he’s a little chesty and has a low immune system, but he’s fit.

“He’s our world. He makes everyone smile and he makes every day special. The thought of losing that would just be utterly heartbreaking. She has saved our lives and I think she’s the most amazing person ever.”

Jenni said she hopes she will be able to find the woman, who she described as in her twenties with long dark hair and a foreign accent.

She said: “Bournemouth was very busy but nobody else stopped.

“With all the horrible things going on in the world, for a stranger to come up and help out of nowhere restores your faith in humanity.

“I want to say thank you from the bottom of our hearts for saving our little boy. She was his guardian angel that day. We are hoping she lives in Bournemouth and we can visit her when we come back.”