Philly Radio: WMMR’s Preston Elliot Saves Choking Son

Preston Elliot

Choking is the leading cause of injury and death among young children. Preston Elliot, who’s on the Preston and Steve radio show, says it happened to his son during dinner Monday.

The WMMR 93.3 FM personality shared the scary family episode with listeners on his morning show. He said it happened during the meal with his wife and three children.

“It was just confusion very quickly, and I realized, okay, he’s choking,” explained Preston to KYW3 TV.

It was his 10-year-old son, Carter, who wasn’t breathing. Preston jumped into action, demonstrating on Stahl what he did — the Heimlich maneuver.

But the first few times didn’t work.

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