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New Hampshire governor helps save man choking on lobster roll at seafood festival contest
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Date:2025-04-13 22:12:48
HAMPTON BEACH, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu came to the aid of a contestant choking on a lobster roll at a seafood festival eating contest, using the Heimlich maneuver after the man signaled for help.
The contestant, Christian Moreno, recovered and resumed eating at the competition on stage Sunday.
Moreno was one of six participants at the Hampton Beach Seafood Festival contest. They had 10 minutes to eat as many lobster rolls as they could. The New England sandwich is traditionally stuffed with lobster, celery and mayonnaise and served on a hot dog-style bun.
“I’m shooting for at least 20,” Moreno, of Nashua, said in a video account before the contest started, saying he studied competitive eater Joey Chestnut of hot dog-contest eating fame.
Moreno was at the end of a long table, close to where Sununu was watching on the side of the stage after speaking to the crowd a bit earlier.
Standing, Moreno had downed about two lobster rolls when he started choking and tapped his chest, video showed. Sununu rushed out a short time later, put his arms around Moreno and started abdominal thrusts. He got in several before first responders took over, WMUR-TV reported.
Messages seeking comment Monday were sent to Sununu’s office and to Moreno.
“It was crazy because it wasn’t so much the jumping in and doing it — I mean, that was wild in itself — but there was so much commotion,” Sununu, a popular Republican governor who isn’t seeking reelection for fifth term, told the station.
Moreno, who didn’t have his glasses on, wasn’t aware it was the governor who had helped save him.
“My counter came up to me and, like, made a joke. And was like, ‘Oh, like, I bet nobody else can say that they’ve gotten the Heimlich from the governor before.’ And I looked at him, was just like, that was, that was the governor?” Moreno said.
Moreno recovered and went back to the contest. He didn’t win, but he did consume nine lobster rolls in all.
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