As she was at lunch earlier this month in an Oklahoma City hospital cafeteria, Bobbie Gilbreath began to turn blue.
A kernel of corn had become lodged in her throat, said her son, Greg Gilbreath, 60, who was with his parents on June 2 at Oklahoma Heart Hospital South. After only a few seconds, Bobbie Gilbreath, 80, began slipping out of consciousness.
Only a few tables away in the cafeteria were four firefighters who saw the woman struggling.