COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — A heartfelt reunion took place Tuesday, weeks after a Cook County police officer’s quick thinking helped save a mother choking on the side of the road.
Cook County sheriff’s police officer Zachary Finn, an 11-year veteran of the department, has since received high praise from local law enforcement. Still, perhaps the most significant acclaim comes from Laura Ann Munchenburg of Hammond, Indiana. Finn sprang into action when he noticed a choking Munchenburg outside of her vehicle.
Munchenburg spoke to WGN-TV on Oct. 28, describing what she believed would be her last moments as she ventured to pick up her husband in Ford Heights in late September. Feeling peckish, Munchenburg brought some bagel bites with her.
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“I took a bite of it and I felt my nose tingling and I needed to sneeze, and as I gasped to sneeze, it got lodged in my throat,” Munchenburg said…