Chania athlete saves woman choking on her food
An athlete from the town of Chania, in northwestern Crete, saved the life of a woman who choked on her food during at outing on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24) at a restaurant at the old port.
The woman, two friends and their children were eating their meal on Saturday afternoon when chunk of her food got stuck in her throat.
Kostas Varouhakis, a local triathlete who was sitting nearby, applied the Heimlich maneuver freeing the woman’s respiratory tract.
