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Blue Jays Manager John Schneider Saves Woman From Choking by Using Heimlich Maneuver

The Toronto Blue Jays don't have to worry about whether manager John Schneider can handle a tense situation.

Schneider recently acted quickly and applied the Heimlich maneuver to a woman at a restaurant near the team's spring training facility in Dunedin, Florida.

"Right place, right time," he told reporters. "I was just enjoying lunch with [my wife] Jess. You either help or you don't and I decided I'd go over and see if I could help."

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Schneider explained how he first learned the technique in the sixth grade and hadn't ever used it for real.