Thank goodness there was a TX Dem Congressman on the plane!! x-post from TX grp.

[TexasProgresive]

U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego saves child on plane choking on chicken nuggets

As he recounted on twitter when it was all over and the American Airlines flight from Dallas-Fort Worth finally landed in San Antonio:

“3yr old on flight was choking. Mom panics-but I did same thing I did for Nicolás yrs ago. Young man is safe. I have chicken nuggets all over.”

The grateful mom’s rendition came out on twitter the next morning:

“@RepPeteGallego @petegallego saved my son last night as he was choking on our flight home! So thankful for his quick reaction!”
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2014/07/u-s-rep-pete-gallego-saves-choking-child-on-airplane/

[n2doc]

1. Yeah, if it had been Goehmert he would have called for folks to pray instead

Or if the child were latino, he probably would have called a steward to tell them to 'quiet those folks down"

[tartan2]

2. Or Goehmert would have told everyone "don't cast aspirations on my asparagus"!!!!!!!!!!

[usaf-vet]

4. He would have blamed Obama. Goehmert is a POS... plain and simple.

[TexasProgresive]

6. Now I was going to go with a Screwy Louie quip

But I bit my typing fingers. Good one.

[IronLionZion]

3. Pull yourself up by the bootstraps kid!

Those freeloading kids always need some sort of "assistance".

If the kid were Latino, Goehmert would have the whole plane deported.

[blm]

5. Dems have a greater grasp of urgency than GOPs...remember this

"...On July 12, 1988, Hecht was attending a weekly Republican luncheon when a piece of apple lodged firmly in his throat.

Hecht stumbled out of the room, thinking he might vomit but not wanting to do it in front of his colleagues. Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., thumped his back, but Hecht quickly passed out in the hallway.

Just then, Kerry stepped off an elevator, rushed to Hecht's side and gave him the Heimlich maneuver -- four times.

The lifesaving incident made international news, and Dr. Henry Heimlich, who invented the maneuver in 1974, called Hecht to say that had Kerry intervened just 30 seconds later Hecht might have been in a vegetative state for life.

"This man gave me my life," the 75-year-old Hecht said Thursday.

Hecht said he was amazed that Kerry acted so quickly -- some people were assuming that he was having a heart attack.

"He knew exactly what to do," he said. "But a lot of people know what to do. They just don't size up the situation immediately." [...]

"Only in America can this happen, where he's working against me to get me defeated and then saves my life," Hecht said."
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/08/11/43511/-Former-GOP-Sen-Kerry-saved-my-life

[mylye2222]

7. I remember reading this on DU2 archives as a guest.

Thanks for the good memory, my friend.