The Big Read: It's no choke as Henry Heimlich pulls a move at the old-age home

Last week Dr Henry Heimlich was in the dining room of his retirement home in Cincinnati, perhaps prudently blowing on a spoonful of cream of corn soup to cool it down, when his neighbour at the table, a certain Patty Ris, 87, started choking. Reports do not reveal what she was choking on, but I wouldn't be surprised to discover that it was a piece of green pepper.