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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Report scores and results to 425-339-3470 or 1-866-6-SCORES (Call after 4:30 p.m.) E-mail information including items for Tuesday's Communities Sports Roundup and Thursday's Outdoor Calendar, to sports@heraldnet.com Kevin Brown, Sports Editor kbrown@heraldnet.com   Published: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 Tony Gonzalez: Pro Bowl TE and, now, lifesaver A California man says Pro Bowl tight end Tony Gonzalez of the Kansas City Chiefs kept him from choking to death. "Tony saved my life. There's no doubt," Ken Hunter, a shipping company manager, told The Associated Press in a phone interview from Huntington Beach, Calif. "Tony came up behind me and gave me the Heimlich maneuver. Thank God he was there." Gonzalez, a nine-time Pro Bowl selection, was having dinner with his wife, brother and 5-week-old daughter at Capone's restaurant Thursday night. Hunter, 45, was dining with his girlfriend at the next table when a piece of meat stuck in his throat. "I tried to take a drink of water, but I couldn't swallow," Hunter said. "Then I couldn't breathe. That's a terrible feeling. I couldn't breathe. Then I guess I started to panic." Gonzalez, sitting with his back to Hunter's table, looked around when he heard Hunter's companion yelling. "She was screaming, "He can't breathe, he can't breathe,"' Gonzalez said by phone. "The whole restaurant was quiet. Nobody was doing anything. "Then I saw he was turning blue. Everybody in the restaurant was just kind of sitting there wide-eyed." Gonzalez, about a foot taller than Hunter, jumped out of his chair and came up behind the stricken man and began to perform the Heimlich maneuver. "After just a few seconds, the piece of meat popped out," Hunter said. "I could breathe again." Gonzalez said he had no intention of having the incident become public. "The next night I had a dinner for my grandmother's 90th birthday, and people were saying, 'Why didn't you tell me about that?' I honestly don't want to make a big deal out of it. But of course it does give me a lot of satisfaction to know that I was able to help somebody."

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