Off-duty Jeffersontown firefighter saves man’s life while he was choking

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — An off-duty Jeffersontown firefighter saved a man’s life while he was choking.

Rick Lauterbach was eating dinner with his wife for her birthday at a Chinese restaurant in Jeffersontown. That’s when a piece of food got stuck in his throat.

“I realized it was going on, I looked around, there was only one guy in there that was going to be able to help me,” Lauterbach said…

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