Clint Eastwood saves man from choking

WASHINGTON - Hollywood's iconic good guy, Clint Eastwood, is also a real life hero after swooping to rescue a choking guest at a California reception.

"Clint saved my life," Steve John told The Carmel Pine Cone, the local newspaper where the actor once served as mayor in the 1980s.

During a reception late Wednesday for a golf tournament in Carmel-by-the-Sea, John was eating and chatting, only to get a piece of cheese stuck in his windpipe.

"Suddenly, I couldn’t breathe. It was as bad as it could have been," recalled the director of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament in California.

"Clint came up behind me, and he knew exactly what to do."

The award-winning actor and director told the local paper that he saw in John "that look of panic people have when they see their life passing before their eyes."

Eastwood, 83, moved behind John to perform the Heimlich maneuver. "I gave him three good jolts, and that got it out," the mega star recalled.

"And then I made him drink a big glass of water with a bunch of lemon squeezed in it."

Eastwood, who most famously inhabited the role of "Dirty Harry," confessed he’d never performed the Heimlich maneuver in real life before: "except to practice."

-- The Nation 2014-02-09

My hero!!!

Nice one Clint

Thanks!

Made the guys day.

Make my day.

Good one Clint ! Lucky the guys name wasn't Mitt :-/

Punk !

Did he chew the cheese 5 times or was it 6?

Punk !

The Punk was feeling lucky....

The guy wasn't up to dealing with the cheese. As Clint would say, "A good man always knows his limitations"

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Harry did it again !

Call me sceptical, but far too often we see Hollywood "heroes" become real life "heroes." Nice for publicity., but hey, not ONE photo to prove it. At a very scrawny 83 I doubt he'd get enough leverage on 50 yo Steve, at 202 lbs.

Edited February 9, 201412 yr by Rorri

"Go ahead,.. start to choke!"

Call me sceptical, but far too often we see Hollywood "heroes" become real life "heroes." Nice for publicity., but hey, not ONE photo to prove it. At a very scrawny 83 I doubt he'd get enough leverage on 50 yo Steve, at 202 lbs.

If I saw someone get a camera out to film someone choking, I'd be quite tempted to give them a slap.

Good job Clint, too bad he is a Democrat

""that look of panic people have when they see their life passing before their eyes.""....you can just hear him saying that in his husky voice...then cue the spaghetti western music..

Edited February 9, 201412 yr by Showbags

Call me sceptical, but far too often we see Hollywood "heroes" become real life "heroes." Nice for publicity., but hey, not ONE photo to prove it. At a very scrawny 83 I doubt he'd get enough leverage on 50 yo Steve, at 202 lbs.

"Clint came up behind me, and he knew exactly what to do."

Clint's PR people are still trying to recover from the (senile) spectacle of him talking to an empty chair at the convention.

Call me sceptical, but far too often we see Hollywood "heroes" become real life "heroes." Nice for publicity., but hey, not ONE photo to prove it. At a very scrawny 83 I doubt he'd get enough leverage on 50 yo Steve, at 202 lbs.

What kind of "publicity" does an 83 year old successful...retired...act need? This scrawny old man...could probably whip your ass with one hand...

That even puts Chuck Norris to shame.

Well done Clint.

Call me sceptical, but far too often we see Hollywood "heroes" become real life "heroes." Nice for publicity., but hey, not ONE photo to prove it. At a very scrawny 83 I doubt he'd get enough leverage on 50 yo Steve, at 202 lbs.

What kind of "publicity" does an 83 year old successful...retired...act need? This scrawny old man...could probably whip your ass with one hand...

Yep! with or without saying "go ahead punk make my day"

Still a man of action. Good job, Mr. Eastwood.

I'd bet most of the Hollywood stars of today could even spell Heimlich much less know how to do it.

David

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There are two kinds of spurs, my friend. Those that come in by the door and those that havn't won the league since 1961.

Call me sceptical, but far too often we see Hollywood "heroes" become real life "heroes." Nice for publicity., but hey, not ONE photo to prove it. At a very scrawny 83 I doubt he'd get enough leverage on 50 yo Steve, at 202 lbs.

It's all about air pressure and positioning of the fist. One is compressing soft tissue.

I doubt anyone is going to make this up. No need to. Clint is an icon and revered. He also keeps a very low profile. He doesn't need or seek the publicity.

Call me sceptical, but far too often we see Hollywood "heroes" become real life "heroes." Nice for publicity., but hey, not ONE photo to prove it. At a very scrawny 83 I doubt he'd get enough leverage on 50 yo Steve, at 202 lbs.

Skeptical? Reads more like cynical. Do you actually think that all the witnesses at this social affair are lying?

Edited February 9, 201412 yr by HerbalEd

Good job Clint, too bad he is a Democrat

You're kidding, right? Or is it clueless? They don't get more Republican than Eastwood. You must have missed his infamous speech at the Republican convention.

Edited February 9, 201412 yr by HerbalEd

HerbalEd took the words strait out of my mouth

Too bad Chuck Norris wasn't there, he'd of turned the cheese back into milk, then into a whipped cream used to top a mocha off 1500 miles away, all at the same time

I still remember how he bought and donated the forest- coastal land in California that was going to be decimated by developers. He saved the pristine land and set the way for reasonable laws for new projects and made the area stay special and not just another paved dream turned nightmare! Bless him.

83 years old and he can still make somebodies day,what a man!