'He was my heart:' Family heartbroken after baby choked on pine cone at day care and died



RALEIGH, N.C. -- A 10-month-old boy choked on a pine cone and died at a Raleigh day care on Wednesday morning, May 29, investigators told WRAL.

According to the boy's grandmother, she dropped Areon Ellington off at the day care Wednesday morning. A few hours later, she got a phone call.

"The day care lady called me and told me that I needed to get to the day care because Areon was choking on something," Helena Harris said.