96 year old man saves 87 year old woman from choking to death using the Heimlich maneuver. That man is none other than Dr Henry Heimlich, the inventor of the technique. What A Badass.

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Y_4Z44 on April 30th, 2021 at 14:35 UTC »

How long ago was that? He's been dead for a few years now.

280mphZX12 on April 30th, 2021 at 14:35 UTC »

And that was the first time he ever used it himself if I'm not mistaken.

Edit: it appears I was mistaken.

Edit 2: Looks like I was right...

He said he had demonstrated it many times but never used it in an emergency until he saved this woman in his retirement home.

Final edit:

StrugglingLifeform: You only quoted the second source from The Guardian, you didn't quote the first one that said it wasn't the first time he performed it or the third source which is in the actual article published in 2003 of him performing the maneuver.

Here's the article from 2003 where he claimed he performed it at a club for the first time

Here's the second article about the confusion of 2016 being the first incident

So he used it in 2001. And I was mistaken afterall. What a fuckin' ride that was.

Thanks StrugglingLifeform. I feel ashamed now.

EaseofUse on April 30th, 2021 at 15:03 UTC »

LADY YOU PICKED THE RIGHT DAY TO CHOKE