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EL MONTE, Calif. (KABC) — <\/span>A restaurant owner in El Monte is grateful she was in the right place at the right time to save a choking customer.<\/p>\n

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Surveillance video caught the owner’s heroic actions at Carnitas Y Chicharrones “El Gallo” on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Owner Maria Molina said the restaurant was packed when someone came to her saying one of her regular customers was outside and needed water because he was choking.<\/p>\n

When Molina walked outside, she saw water wouldn’t help. She took action and did the Heimlich maneuver on him.<\/p>\n

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“I see it’s not about water. He couldn’t breathe anymore,” Molina told Eyewitness News. “He was choking on food, so I just reacted. It was so scary. It was really scary, so I just knew I had to do something.”<\/p>\n

Molina said she never took a CPR class but after a few tries with the Heimlich maneuver, the food came out and he was able to breathe again.<\/p>\n

Molina said the customer thanked her for saving his life. He told her it was OK to post the video on social media.<\/p>\n

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Now Molina and her employees plan to take CPR classes.<\/p>\n

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