"A stranger stepped up and saved my life!"

Restaurant diner Connor Stephenson had no lifesaving training. But when she heard another customer cry out that her mom was choking and no one else responded, she sprang into action!

- Bill Holton

'That looks delicious!" Smithfield, North Carolina, community college instructor Cynthia Munday exclaimed as the waitress placed the appetizer platter in front of her and her daughter, Priscilla Johnson. The mother and daughter were out for their regular Wednesday night dinner.

"Try one of those," Cynthia said, pointing to a wing as she nibbled on a chicken finger.

Just then, Priscilla said something that made Cynthia laugh and the bite went down the wrong way.

"Mom! Are you okay?" Priscilla asked. But Cynthia kept coughing, and then, suddenly, she couldn't breathe. The world went blurry...then black!

"Mom!" Priscilla leapt to her feet. But the booth was deep, tight, and high-backed. She couldn't get to her!

"Somebody, help!" she shouted. "My mom's choking to death!"