It was a terrifying day in 2021 when Long Island dad John Cosides couldn’t stop his little boy from choking on chicken nuggets in their Massapequa home.

“You can see it immediately in his face, the panic when he couldn’t breathe,” Cosides told The Post of his then 2-year-old Eibhear.

As the whole family sprang into action, unsuccessfully trying to dislodge the food, the dad ran to grab an easy-to-use, locally made anti-choking device called LifeVac, which, in seconds, was able to open the little boy’s airway with a simple push and pull. 8

“It’s kind of cheesy, but every day is a blessing now,” the dad said. “We only give LifeVacs as gifts for baby showers now…I was actually just talking about it twice last week.”

Eibhear’s miracle is one of almost 5,000 that the simple but revol

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