Linebacker Jerrell Freeman was enjoying one more indulgent meal -- a chopped brisket sandwich -- in an Austin, Texas, airport before reporting to Chicago Bears training camp later this week.
Fortunately for another man at the airport, Freeman was there to save him when he starting choking.
The linebacker saw Marcus Ryan shoot up out of his chair at the Salt Lick Taco Bar -- "like he had forgotten something," Freeman said -- and noticed the man was in distress.
"He went around the table and started to look a little frantic.