CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A server at Applebee's on Sam's Circle in Chesapeake became a hero when he saved a choking customer's life during what was supposed to be a birthday dinner celebration.

Harvey Miller had only been working at the restaurant for a couple of weeks when the emergency unfolded on a Sunday evening. A customer enjoying her steak dinner suddenly began choking, and the bartender quickly alerted the rest of the staff.

"One of our patrons was enjoying a lovely steak, and she got it lodged in her throat, and the bartender summoned us in the kitchen that there was somebody choking," Miller said.

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