A barber who saved a lad from choking on a sweet while he was cutting his hair has been hailed a hero. The young boy had been sitting on his mother's lap at the hair salon in Wenzhou, in the Chinese province of Zhejiang, when he suddenly began choking. CCTV…
This disturbing video shows the last message a teary mother left for her husband before choking her smiling toddler son to death and then taking her own life. The incident took place in the rural area of Cocao, in the municipality of Wenceslau Guimaraes, in the north-eastern Brazilian state of…
These images show a greedy cormorant rescued by vets after it tried to swallow two large fish at once that were almost the same size as it was. The fish reportedly weighed 1 kilogramme in total and the bird very nearly choked to death but it was saved thanks to…
This footage allegedly shows a man filming himself choking a cat after an argument with his partner that left the poor animal lifeless on the floor. The incident took place in the town of Sagezha, which is located in the Republic of Karelia, in north-western Russia recently. The short video…
This footage shows a quick-thinking mother performing the Heimlich manoeuvre on her choking son and saving his life. The Heimlich manoeuvre, also known as abdominal thrusts, is a first-aid technique that involves applying pressure to the abdomen in a series of thrusts in a bid to clear a choking person's…
