Kansas City firefighter uses Heimlich maneuver to help choking fan at Washington Nationals game
Choking Nats fan saved by hero firefighter
It happened during the second inning of Wednesday night's Nats-Padres game at Nats Park. A fan, roughly in his 60s, sitting by himself with a scorecard started choking on what turned out to be a peanut shell. Fans nearby started screaming, catching the attention of Todd Covington sitting two rows back.
WASHINGTON - A Kansas City firefighter and nurse who was at a Washington Nationals Wednesday night used the Heimlich maneuver to help save the life of a person who was choking.
Todd Covington was watching the game when he heard fans yelling that someone was choking.
He jumped over two rows and started giving the person blows to the back before performing the Heimlich maneuver. The foreign object was dislodged about 20 seconds later.
"We overuse the term hero but the guy saved a persons life. Legit hero," tweeted Grant Paulsen who spoke with Covington at the game.