In an unexpected turn of events a 69 year old man choked on a six inch seekh kebab! This was a near death situation as he was rushed into medical emergency at Artemis Hospital. He was unable to speak or breathe. There was absolutely no air entry in the lungs and he was barely maintaining oxygen levels in the body. The doctors performed a lifesaving procedure called tracheostomy to give artificial passage to breathe from the neck. Tracheostomy also proved inadequate as the large kebab was found to be obstructing below the artificial passage. This posed a huge challenge for