{"id":14220,"date":"2016-08-01T17:52:08","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T17:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=14220"},"modified":"2016-08-01T17:52:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T17:52:08","slug":"montclair-fire-official-john-thomas-saves-choking-motorist-in-clifton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=14220","title":{"rendered":"Montclair fire official John Thomas saves choking motorist in Clifton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watch the report HERE\u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

(news 12<\/a>) \u2013 A Montclair Fire Department official is being hailed as a hero for helping to save the life of a motorist who was choking.<\/p>\n

John Thomas says that he was on his way home from work earlier this month when he noticed something amiss while waiting in traffic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI noticed the driver behind me was bobbing back and forth in his car, a little unusual. When the light turned green I was about to proceed, and I saw him and his friend get out of the car. The driver was leaning over the hood of his car, so I figured there was a problem there,\u201d Thomas says.<\/p>\n

Thomas says that when he came up on the two men, he noticed that one of them was choking.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was thinking, \u2018Am I really going to die right here?\u2019 or what was going to happen,\u201d says Alejandro Cordova, the man who was choking.<\/p>\n

\u201cI noticed his lips were starting to turn blue. I said \u2018I need you to relax. I\u2019m going to come up behind you. I\u2019m going to push on your stomach.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Thomas was able to give Cordova the Heimlich maneuver right in the middle of a busy Clifton intersection.<\/p>\n

\u201cI looked behind me and everybody was backed up on the road,\u201d Cordova says. \u201c\u2019I\u2019m thankful that [Thomas] just didn\u2019t think about it just went for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thomas says that Clifton first responders also helped since the entire incident happened in front of the Clifton Fire house.<\/p>\n

Lifesaving efforts were a theme in New Jersey this week.<\/p>\n

The Howell Police Department highlighted their responders on Facebook after an officer and Howell EMT saved the life of an 82-year-old man who was hit by a garbage truck.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"