WATCH: Hero Cop Saves Elderly Choking Victim In Florida

BOYNTON BEACH, FL — A hero cop sprang into action when an elderly patron was choking at a Florida restaurant earlier this week.

Officer Chris Schalk saved the life of an 82-year-old woman who was choking on broccoli at the Golden Corral Buffet & Grill, according to the Boynton Beach Police Department.

"He was working an off-duty detail at Golden Corral on Sunday when an employee told him an elderly woman was choking," Stephanie Slater of the Boynton Beach Police Department told Patch on Saturday.

"He ran into the dining room area and performed abdominal thrusts, which dislodged the broccoli and she could breathe again," Slater said. "The woman did not speak English but her family expressed their gratitude, as did patrons in the restaurant."

Yet another reason not to eat broccoli.

Watch below as Officer Schalk performs the Heimlich maneuver on the woman as her party and restaurant employees looked on courtesy of the Boynton Beach Police Department.