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IL Senate President Performs Heimlich on Choking Diner

Emil Jones (State of Illinois photo)
Emil Jones (State of Illinois photo)

By AP/KWMU

Springfield, Ill. – Illinois Senate President Emil Jones may have saved a woman's life at a Springfield restaurant Tuesday night.

The Chicago Democrat was eating at a hotel restaurant when a woman nearby began choking. Jones rushed over and performed the Heimlich maneuver.

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