Everyone knows the universal sign for "choking", but does everyone know what to do when they see it? “Help,” he tried to gasp. There I was, in front of Sofia, my seven-year-old counselor's daughter, watching her turn red from chin to forehead. My first thought was that she would simply cough and the Lifesaver, ironically, that she had previously enjoyed would fly away, and she would be fine. However, there I was with my roommate, friend, my counselor's twins, and Sofia, still suffocating. Suddenly I was overcome by a sense of real and profound fear. I'd felt a pang of this feeling a few times in my life: a horror movie, a haunted house, a practical joke from a friend, but this was different. This was a complete and utter fear. I looked at my roommate and friend and realized that they no longer felt confident in me. Something in my body took over and I approached the bed that had previously held a happy, bouncing little girl, and now, in a matter of seconds, it was the right place. in which it would determine most of my thoughts for the rest of my life.Th...