NORTHERN JAPAN - This could be a new marketing technique for Hoover. A70-year-old Japanese man choking on a sticky rice cake
was saved when his daughter sucked the glob out with a
vacuum cleaner. The man from northern Japan suddenly
began gasping for air as he chewed on a piece of mochi
rice cakes, a food traditionally eaten by the Japanese
around New Year. Family members first tried
unsuccessfully to remove the food with their fingers.
Then the man´s 46-year-old daughter grabbed a vacuum
cleaner, took out his dentures and stuck the hose into
his mouth with the switch turned to high. The gooey
white mess reportedly emerged and the man was said to
have had almost fully recovered by the time paramedics
arrived.
