BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) – A Boynton Beach Police officer was caught on video saving an elderly woman who was choking on a vegetable.

Officer Chris Schalk could be seen performing the Heimlich maneuver on an 82-year-old woman inside a Golden Corral restaurant, Sunday night.

He performed the life-saving maneuver to dislodge a piece of broccoli.

Schalk’s department shared the moment on Twitter, Thursday morning.

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