The moment New Hampshire’s governor uses a Heimlich to save a speed eating contest

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu saved a contestant who was choking on a lobster roll in a seafood festival fast-food eating contest by using the Heimlich hold when the man signaled for help and no one responded. As seen in the video recorded by eyewitnesses, Christian Moreno, who was participating in a contest to see who can eat the most lobster rolls the fastest, began to call for help by beating his chest as one of the bites lodged in his throat. When Sununu realized that none of the bystanders were reacting, he sprang into action and applied the Heimlich hold, saving Moreno. After the intervention of the Republican politician, Moreno continued to eat at the competition, as reported by the Washington Times. “I saw that this gentleman had stopped and was having trouble swallowing. I started yelling but no one was responding, so I went ahead and grabbed him,” the New Hampshire governor explained. Moreno was one of the six participants […]
Source: News Beast

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