Roberts, *** ceramic teacher at school was driving home with his two boys when he noticed something was wrong. What is this lady doing? Being in the middle of the road, right? She’s going to get hurt. And as we passed her, the side mirror and I was watching her, I was like the lady is hurt. Emergency responders say the elderly woman was choking on *** cough drop while riding in *** car with her daughter who pulled over on the highway. That’s when Roberts jumped in to perform the heimlich maneuver and got her out of the car and she was in the door jam. I got my arms around her and just started kind of giving it to her after the third time. She spit out the cough drop by then other good Samaritans stopped to help including health care workers who got there before first responders arrived. These folks were probably people who were on their way home from work and were just driving by stopped to help because someone was in distress and they made *** difference. They saved *** life.
Video: Good Samaritan saves choking 100-year-old
Updated: 11:27 PM EDT Mar 30, 2023
Ryan Roberts was in the right place at the right time.The Honolulu ceramics teacher told KITV he was driving home with his sons this week when he noticed a woman who needed help. “What is this lady doing being in the middle of the road? She’s going to get hurt,” Roberts recalled thinking. “As we passed her, the side mirror, I was watching her. I was like, ‘the lady is hurt.'” The 100-year-old woman had started choking on a cough drop, authorities said, prompting her daughter to pull her car over.Roberts was there to jump in and perform the Heimlich maneuver. “Got her out of the car, she was in the door jamb and I got my arms kind of around her and just started giving it to her,” Roberts said. By the time the cough drop dislodged, other good Samaritans had stopped to help, including health care workers who made sure the woman was OK before first responders arrived. “These folks were probably people who were on their way home from work and were just driving by, stopped to help because someone was in distress and they made a difference, they saved a life,” said Dr. Jim Ireland of the Honolulu Emergency Services Department.Roberts wasn’t just in the right place at the right time, his life-saving training had perfect timing, too — he received CPR and first aid training two weeks before this incident.
Ryan Roberts was in the right place at the right time.
The Honolulu ceramics teacher told KITV he was driving home with his sons this week when he noticed a woman who needed help.
“What is this lady doing being in the middle of the road? She’s going to get hurt,” Roberts recalled thinking. “As we passed her, the side mirror, I was watching her. I was like, ‘the lady is hurt.'”
The 100-year-old woman had started choking on a cough drop, authorities said, prompting her daughter to pull her car over.
Roberts was there to jump in and perform the Heimlich maneuver.
“Got her out of the car, she was in the door jamb and I got my arms kind of around her and just started giving it to her,” Roberts said.
By the time the cough drop dislodged, other good Samaritans had stopped to help, including health care workers who made sure the woman was OK before first responders arrived.
“These folks were probably people who were on their way home from work and were just driving by, stopped to help because someone was in distress and they made a difference, they saved a life,” said Dr. Jim Ireland of the Honolulu Emergency Services Department.
Roberts wasn’t just in the right place at the right time, his life-saving training had perfect timing, too — he received CPR and first aid training two weeks before this incident.
