Willie Ross had intended to be a fan Saturday at Oracle Park, watching the San Francisco Giants play against the Washington Nationals — the team his son, Joe, plays for. Instead, Ross needed to make a critical play to save a woman’s life, tapping into what he does when he’s not watching baseball.
Ross, a pediatrician at Stanford Hospital, noticed a woman choking on a hot dog during the game. While the woman gestured that she was okay, Ross told the Mercury News that she couldn’t talk when he went over to check on her.