This lady did not hesitate one second, she did the right procedure and saved her neighbors life.

Source: The Western Journal

Imagine you’re enjoying a perfectly prepared steak and a piece gets lodged in your throat, cutting off your airway and making it impossible for you to breathe.

To make matters worse, you live alone. What would you do?

Thankfully for a Florida man named Billy Bass, his neighbor Karen Aranda was home when he decided to run to her house after experiencing this exact scenario.

And her security camera caught the entire thing on video.

“Thank God above that she was home. She’s a hero, she saved my life, she’s a blessing,”

Billy Bass

The beloved middle school gym teacher began frantically banging on his neighbor’s front door and motioned to his throat. He was clearly in a panic when she answered.

Aranda told KCTV that Bass is usually the cheerful type, but when she saw how frightened he was, she could tell it was serious.

“He’s always laughing, but when I saw that look in his eyes I knew something was wrong,”

Karen Aranda

Bass and Aranda’s family have been friends for over 15 years.

Bass said they’re like family to him, which explains why he chose to go to their house in search of help.

Without hesitation, Aranda began performing the Heimlich maneuver on Bass until the chunk of steak finally came out.

“Did it come out?” she can be heard asking in the video.

“I can breathe now. I could not breathe.”

Billy Bass

Once Bass’ airway was cleared, he took a second to catch his breath.

The surveillance footage captured an emotional embrace between Bass and Aranda.

“You saved my life,”

Billy Bass

Aranda told WOFL that though she had been trained in CPR, she’d never had to actually use it on anybody.

“It was very hard to do. It’s the scariest thing. I work in the dental field, so I do take the CPR course. I’ve never ever used it on anybody,”

Karen Aranda

Bass was beyond thankful that Aranda was able to save his life, so he decided to repay her with flowers and beer.

“I call her the ‘Latina Wonder Woman,’ she was so strong!”

Billy Bass

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