On any given day you will find Justin Goodney pouring a draft or shaking up a cocktail behind the bar at the Ground Round in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. But it’s what Goodney did Wednesday evening on the other side of the bar that is credited with saving a man’s life.
“It was a pretty busy night,” said Goodney. “I remember coming over here to the dishwasher and the guy was sitting right here to my right. It was very apparent after watching for a second, I was like, ‘Oh, he’s choking.’ There’s no air coming in and out. You could tell from his face he was having a hard time.”
A customer was choking right in front of him. The man’s wife yelled for help. Surveillance images from the restaurant show Goodney jump over the bar, get behind the man, and begin the Heimlich maneuver. The man was breathing again in seconds…