Peter M. Heimlich Atlanta PH: (208) 474-7283 Website: Blog: E-Mail

Subject: corrections request
From: "Peter M. Heimlich" <peter.heimlich@gmail.com>

Date: 6/2/2016 9:54 PM
To: dboroff@nydailynews.com
David,
Re: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dr-henry-heimlich-heimlich-maneuver-time-article-1.2652145
Please don't shoot the messenger, but there's a significant factual error in the headline and body of your article so
I'm respectfully requesting a published correction:
Via my blog yesterday, I reported about how, shortly after I filed a corrections request on the afternoon of May
27, the Cincinnati Enquirer published a significant re-write of their original May 26 story -- my item includes a
copy of the now-disappeared original version: http://www.the-sidebar.com/2016/06/hoist-by-his-own-petardjust-in-time.html
Please see below my signature for the basis of the Enquirer's re-write, four published reports from 2001-2006 in
which my father told reporters (BBC, Chicago Sun-Times, The New Yorker, and Private Clubs newsletter) that he
had performed the Heimlich maneuver on a choking victim at the restaurant in Cincinnati's Banker's Club in
2001.
The link to the Enquirer's revised version is the same as the one embedded in your article
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dr-henry-heimlich-heimlich-maneuver-time-article-1.2652145 so
Daily News readers who follow that link go to a considerably different story.
Thanks for taking a look, I appreciate your consideration and I look forward to your reply. Questions? Just ask.
Cheers, Peter
Peter M. Heimlich
Atlanta
ph: (208)474-7283
website: http://medfraud.info
blog: http://the-sidebar.com
e-mail: peter.heimlich@gmail.com
Via Private Clubs Newsletter June/August 2001 (via The Wayback Machine):
TO THE RESCUE
The story sounds like it could be an urban legend, but it actually happened in the dining room of the
Bankers Club in Cincinnati. During a busy lunchtime, a guest of the club began choking as he sat eating
at a table. A member sitting at another table promptly rushed to the aid of the victim, wrapped his arms
around the mans waist, and pressed his fist upward into his abdomen, expelling the trapped object from
the clogged airway. The quick-thinking member was none other than Dr. Henry Heimlich, who
surprisingly had never before performed his namesake Heimlich maneuver in an emergency situation.
But the good doctor says performing the maneuver in this scenario was as easy as that. Ive practiced
enough, I guess, in my life"...At 81 years old, Dr. Heimlich stays active playing tennis, works daily at the
Heimlich Institute, and speaks at medical meetings to promote ongoing research being done at the
Institute. And if the lunchtime menu includes saving a life, he will always make room for that too.
Louis Marroquin
Via Heimlich: Still saving lives at 83 by Jane Elliott, BBC News, March 9, 2003:
But despite being the inventor of one of the most significant medical techniques, Dr Heimlich told BBC
News Online that he has only been called upon once to carry it out himself - and that was just three years
ago.
"I was in this club restaurant eating when I heard someone calling Dr Heimlich. I turned around and saw
a man choking so I did the Heimlich Manoeuvre and got it out and then went on and had my lunch."
Via Yes, There Really is a Dr. Heimlich And He's Pushing More Uses for his Famous Maneuver by Jim Ritter,
Chicago Sun-Times, October 7, 2001:
Twenty-six years after inventing the Heimlich maneuver, Dr. Henry Heimlich finally had an opportunity
to try it himself.
Heimlich was having lunch last year when he was urgently called to the side of a man choking on his
food. Heimlich wrapped his arms around the man and made a fist against his upper abdomen. He thrust
upward and out popped the food. Another life saved.
"I just did it and went back to eating," Heimlich said.
Heimlich said anyone could have done it.
Via Choke Artist by Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, May 8, 2006:
Dr. Heimlich himself said the other day that he has performed the move only once, in Cincinnati.
Subject: Re: corrections request

From: "Boroff, David" <dboroff@nydailynews.com>
Date: 6/2/2016 10:41 PM
To: "Peter M. Heimlich" <peter.heimlich@gmail.com>
I see. Thanks so much for writing. When I get to the office early tomorrow morning I will make the fix.
David
Sent from my iPhone

Date: 6/3/2016 5:03 AM
To: "Boroff, David" <dboroff@nydailynews.com>
You're welcome, David, and I appreciate you addressing this. Per these media reports about my father's unusual
career (and I predict more to come), he's a remarkable scammer and medical charlatan:
http://medfraud.info/Selected-media-reports.html
I don't know what Daily News correction policy is, but I've sent out some other corrections requests and I plan to
blog about the results. For example, after I sent a similar request yesterday to Reuters, an editor simply
"disappeared" the same error without informing readers, a la Winston Smith in Orwell's 1984. I'm taking that up
with Reuters tomorrow.
Also, at least one media reporter is working on a related column. He's already reported a handful of stories about
how my father and brother have manipulated the press. The Deupree House incident appears to be their latest
attempt -- per the Enquirer re-write, that appears to have backfired. Along those lines, this June 1 column by the
editor of McKnight's is a good read: http://tinyurl.com/zrtxpyv
Cheers and if I can ever be of help, please don't hesitate to get in touch Peter
Peter M. Heimlich
Atlanta
ph: (208)474-7283
Date: 6/3/2016 5:45 AM
Via Christine Hauser's May 28, 2016 New York Times report: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/us/drheimlich-uses-his-own-maneuver-on-choking-victim.html
Is this the first time Dr. Heimlich has ever used the maneuver to save a life?
Yes, this is, he said Friday. I originally did my research studies that led to my developing it, which was
in 1974, and I never considered that I would be doing it myself.
The record is murky in that regard. A BBC article in 2003 quoted the doctor, then 83, describing a
similar encounter where he tried the maneuver on a fellow diner, a man, although the story lacked
details such as a precise date, location and name. A New Yorker article in 2006 made reference to a
similar incident, also without details. But a son, Phil Heimlich, said his father had never mentioned any
previous incidents to him. The doctor himself did not return a follow-up call.
Subject: RE: corrections request

Date: 6/3/2016 9:03 AM
Hi Peter, good morning. We are going to do a new story to clarify this. Would it be possible for me to
speak with your father, as well as yourself?
David

Date: 6/3/2016 9:52 AM
Hi David,
Thanks for the follow-up.
I'm available for comment, but I've got a full day of other obligations. Can we do a Q&A via e-mail? Rest assured
I'll give you strong on-point quotes.
Re: my father, I terminated my relationship with him in late 2001 as a result of the following information
reported in a two-part November 2005 Radar Magazine article by Thomas Francis. IMO, this is the most
thorough report to date about my father's unusual career and how I helped expose him as a dangerous charlatan:
http://medfraud.info/Radar_Outmaneuvered_11-05.html
That said, from a journalism perspective I always encourage reporters doing related stories to contact my father
for comment. His longtime, publicly-listed phone number is (513)871-7711 which I believe is still current. If that
doesn't work, you can call him at the Deupree House retirement community: http://tinyurl.com/htjs3w3
BTW, my father also made the false claim to staff reporter Scott Wegener at WCPO, Cincinnati's ABC-TV affiliate
-- and at the end of this clip, it appears that my father and Patty Gill Ris (the reported choking victim) are dating:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ2UpMGY2zA So you may wish to contact her, too. (I've never
communicated with her and the recent news story was the first time I've heard of her.)
Unrelated to this story, but of possible interest because of the celebrities involved, a 2014 Hollywood Reporter
expose by staff reporter Seth Abramovitch (based on research by me and my wife) recently won an LA Press Club
award: http://www.the-sidebar.com/2015/12/hollywood-reporter-article-about-my.html Here's a link to Seth's
story: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-dr-heimlich-maneuvered-hollywood-725352
In chronological order, here's my page of media reports that directly or indirectly resulted from my research,
including a June 8, 2007 ABC 20/20 report by Brian Ross: http://medfraud.info/Selected-media-reports.html
In my interview with Brian, he asked me if I thought I was a bad son. I replied, "I don't think I am a bad son. I
think if you care about somebody, you don't let them hurt themselves or hurt others." Here's the clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaAFWOH_lZM&feature=youtu.be Incidentally, Brian told me he thought
I'd done a public service.
Cheers, Peter
Subject: RE: corrections request

Date: 6/3/2016 10:18 AM
Thanks. Can you send me the original media reports about the original incident?

Date: 6/3/2016 10:28 AM
You're welcome, David.
The Enquirer report is embedded in my blog item which documented the sequence of events re: the Enquirer
report: http://www.the-sidebar.com/2016/06/hoist-by-his-own-petard-just-in-time.html
Here's the original, now-MIA article: http://tinyurl.com/gmqoymk The re-written article was posted at the same
link as the original version.
I also wrote and posted a summary of the sequence of events and my e-mail correspondence with the Enquirer
on my Scribd account: http://tinyurl.com/h9g6gzh I've attached a pdf of that file.
I'm sending you another e-mail with information of possible interest and am then out the door. I should be back
in harness by 1pm.
Cheers, Peter
Subject: Slate: Heimlich inventor's viral story not all that it's cracked up to be.
Date: 6/3/2016 4:54 PM
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/06/03/heimlich_inventor_s_viral_story_not_all_that_it_s_cra
cked_up_to_be.html
Yesterday I sent Slate a corrections request similar to the one I sent you -- Peter
Subject: Re: Slate: Heimlich inventor's viral story not all that it's cracked up to be.
Date: 6/3/2016 5:09 PM
Thanks. My editors decided to just let it go -- we are not going to do anything at this point. Especially
since the story is a little old now too. If we do another story in the future perhaps we will address it then.
I appreciate you reaching out and I hope you don't feel it was a waste of time. Feel free to keep in touch.
David
Sent from my iPhone
Date: 6/3/2016 5:11 PM
You're not running a correction? PMH
Subject: RE: Slate: Heimlich inventor's viral story not all that it's cracked up to be.
Date: 6/3/2016 5:17 PM
Not at the moment.
Date: 6/3/2016 5:27 PM
I don't mean to put you on the spot, David, because you've been nothing but receptive, courteous, and
professional. But I've been contacted by a veteran reporter who's doing a media backstory on the mess and wants
to to know the results of my corrections requests including the one I sent you.
Having done some copy editing back when the world was young, seems to be it could be easily addressed with a
rewrite of the headline and the one sentence with a notation at the end explaining the update. May I suggest that
you chew it over with your editors and maybe make cranberry juice out of these cranberries?
BTW, I appreciate having a reporter contact at the Daily News because I'm always turning up interesting tips -in fact, I've got an interesting developing Long Island story that I'll tell you about later.
Thanks for thinking it over and I'd welcome your thoughts. Cheers, Peter
Date: 6/3/2016 5:43 PM
Thanks Peter, for understanding the spot I am in. I was thinking of asking my editor again, and will do so
in the morning.
David
Sent from my iPhone
Date: 6/3/2016 5:56 PM
You're welcome, David -- I've been there myself. But IMO a paper of the caliber of the Daily News can't and
shouldn't let this one slide, especially after the Enquirer re-write and now the Slate re-write.
I've been at this for a decade and have worked as a source with hundreds of reporters -- the best ones I know
pride themselves on not wanting their bylines on false information. So although they'd rather have a tooth pulled
than to make corrections, they do it when required because they put their reader's right to accurate information
above everything. A lot of my work has been about challenging conventional wisdom with facts and correcting
the record, so, not surprisingly, that hits me where I live.
Cheers and thanks for letting me know what happens -- Peter
Date: 6/3/2016 6:13 PM
Sounds good. I have been at this a long time myself and definitely would prefer to get it right. But with
cutbacks and things of that nature sometimes it's more challenging. I am sure you know what I mean.
But I will push for this in the morning.
Sent from my iPhone
Subject: RE: (The Sidebar) Slate: Was "viral Heimlich" story a publicity stunt?
Date: 6/4/2016 11:00 AM
Peter, Im sorry about this, but for various reasons we are not going to do a correction. I asked my
editors again and we spoke at length about it, but they do not want to do it.
Subject: Re: (The Sidebar) Slate: Was "viral Heimlich" story a publicity stunt?
Date: 6/4/2016 11:04 AM
David,
In that case, I need to ask the paper's Editor in Chief to review the matter. Would you please send me her/his
name and e-mail address?
Cheers, Peter
Date: 6/4/2016 11:06 AM
You can write Tim Perone, who is one of my bosses. tperone@nydailynews.com. He is deputy head of
content.
Date: 6/4/2016 11:28 AM
David: As I wrote you earlier, please provide me with the name and e-mail address of the paper's Editor in Chief
-- PMH
Date: 6/4/2016 11:34 AM
To: "Peter M. Heimlich" <peter.heimlich@gmail.com
With all due respect, if you have an issue, you can contact Tim, or you can write a letter to the editor.
Date: 6/4/2016 11:37 AM
David: I'll take that as "failed to provide me with the requested information." If you disagree, please advise -PMH
Subject: blogger inquiry

Date: 6/13/2016 5:25 PM
To: jrich@nydailynews.com
CC: Ben Kaufman <benlkaufman@fuse.net>, ben.mathis-lilley@slate.com, jim.berklan@mcknights.com
Jim Rich
Editor in Chief
New York Daily News
Jim,
Sorry for my slow follow-up to the voice messages I left you on June 6 & 10.
You may recall that in my voice messages I mentioned that a reporter was writing up a related story.
Via Ben Kaufman's June 8 Cincinnati CityBeat column -- please click, then page down:
http://tinyurl.com/zgf5hhb
A recent Cincinnati Enquirer story went global, aided and abetted by the Associated
Press. It was perfect click bait. The story said that at 96, Cincinnatian Henry Heimlich
used his Maneuver for the first time to save a life. One of his sons, Peter a longtime
critic of his fathers medical claims pounced: how could it be a first when the retired
surgeon previously claimed the same thing about an incident in 2001? That would make
the current story wrong.
...After Peter Heimlich alerted The Enquirer and others to a similar claim years ago, the
paper backed away from the novelty. It assigned a second reporter to redo the story,
adding and explaining doubts about the first in the longest crawl-back I can remember.
That suggests the first reporter didnt check clips or that there was no Enquirer story
about the 2001 Bankers Club incident, which adds to the weirdness of this entire
episode.
...Peter Heimlich told me that in addition to The Enquirer and AP, these are some of the
news outlets I filed corrections requests with last week: CNN, NBC News, The New York
Daily News, and WCPO-TV. At this writing, none have corrected the errors.
Via my Scribd account, here's my recent correspondence with your reporter David Boroff about the
same factual errors in his May 27 report about the purported recent choking incident:
http://tinyurl.com/jvcfsn3 Please click here to download: http://bit.ly/1rmoUva
Briefly, on June 2 I e-mailed a corrections request to David and shared with him the Enquirer
re-write and other supporting published information. In a prompt reply, he agreed to fix the errors.
The next morning (June 3) David informed me that the Daily News planned to report an additional
article and he solicited related information from me.
I also sent David this same-day Slate report by Ben Mathis-Lilley http://tinyurl.com/zdgjb2k and a
June 1 McKnight column by editor James M. Berklan http://tinyurl.com/zrtxpyv both of which
questioned whether the story reported by David and scores of other reporters may have been a
publicity stunt tie-in for the June 1 National Heimlich Maneuver Day.*
At the end of that day (June 3) David then wrote me that the additional article had been cancelled
and that the paper would not be publishing a correction re: the factual errors. After I sent him a
cordial e-mail in which I stated, "IMO a paper of the caliber of the Daily News can't and shouldn't let
this one slide," David replied that he'd check again with his editors the next morning. The next
morning he confirmed that the paper would not address the factual errors.
Since I'd reached an impasse, I politely asked David to provide me with the name and e-mail
address of the paper's editor in chief. He repeatedly failed to provide your name and e-mail address,
but suggested that I could write a letter to the editor or write to editor Tim Perone, whom David
identified as your paper's "deputy head of content."
It's unclear how failing to correct factual errors benefits your readers, but you may wish to look into
who made that decision.
In any event, after you've had a chance to review the information, would you please let me know if
the paper intends to correct the errors or not?
Big thanks for your continued attention and I look forward to your reply. Questions? Need more
information? Just ask.
Cheers, Peter
Peter M. Heimlich
Atlanta
ph: (208)474-7283
cc: Ben Kaufman, Ben Mathis-Lilley, James M. Berklan
* As widely-reported, my father has a career history of providing false information to reporters and
has published fraudulent case reports involving his namesake maneuver: http://tinyurl.com
/nanakcx Details on request.
Subject: Re: blogger inquiry -- final inquiry, pls advise

Date: 6/17/2016 8:18 AM
To: jrich@nydailynews.com
CC: "McWilliams, Lue" <lmcwilliams@nydailynews.com>, tperone@nydailynews.com,
"Boroff, David" <dboroff@nydailynews.com>
Jim,
Per my June 13 e-mail (below my signature), I've made best efforts but I haven't received a
reply from you.
At this writing, David's May 27 story hasn't been corrected http://tinyurl.com/hpery96 so
unless I hear from you by end of the day Sunday, June 19, on Monday I'm comfortable
running with "NY Daily News Editor in Chief won't correct factual errors." If you disagree with
that characterization, please advise.
Thanks for your continued attention and I hope to hear from you.
Cheers, Peter
Peter M. Heimlich
Atlanta
ph: (208)474-7283
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Date: 6/17/2016 8:13 AM
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