Louisiana server saves choking customer with Heimlich maneuver

MOSS BLUFF, La. — A server at a Louisiana restaurant sprang into action to help save a choking customer.

Madison Brydels was hanging Halloween decorations at Budatan Restaurant on Wednesday night when a customer stood up from his seat and signaled that he was choking.

"I didn't even think at all," Brydels said. "I rushed over to him and I gave him the Heimlich maneuver. And then right after that, I patted his back and went to the back and finished my shift."

It wasn't the first time Brydels had performed the lifesaving technique. She said she learned it years ago when her father was choking.

"I was never really properly taught," she said. "The first time I did the Heimlich maneuver was when my dad was choking on his own throw up, and he kind of walked me through it...when he was chokin