When Debbie Parkhurst choked on a piece of apple at her Maryland home, her dog jumped in, landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece of apple to pop out of her throat. Debbie Parkhurst's husband, Kevin, was at his job at a Wilmington, Del., chemical firm when she took a midday break from jewelry and bit into an apple. When the Keesling family of Indiana were about to be overcome by carbon monoxide(CO), their cat clawed at wife Cathy's hair until she woke up and called for help. For their timely acts, Toby, a golden 2 1/2-year-old dog, and Winnie, a gray-eyed American shorthair, were named Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Neither Parkhurst nor Keesling could explain their pets' timely heroics,though Parkhurst suggested it might have been guided by God intervention . "That's what our veterinarian said,"she said. "He wasn't making a joke; he's very spiritual, and now I have to agree with him." But both pets were themselves rescued in baby, Toby as a 4-week-old baby thrown into a garbage bin to die, and Winnie as a week-old orphan hiding under a barn, so helpless that Keesling's husband, Eric, had to feed her milk. As the Keeslings recalled it, a gas-driven pump spread carbon monoxide through the house. By the time Winnie moved into rescue spot, the couple's 14-year-old son, Michael, was already unconscious. "Winnie jumped on the bed and was clawing at me, with a kind of angry noise," Cathy Keesling said. "When I woke up I felt like a T-bar had hit me across the head." State police and officers responding to her 911 call said the family was only minutes from death, judging by the amount of poisonous gas in the house.
what was Debbie taking a break from?
what did she do?
Did she choke?
who saved her?
how?
and then what happened?
where was her husband?
what is his job?
is it at a chemical firm?
where at?
what was the Dog's name?
how old?
What is the cat's name that they talk about?
what kind of cat?
what was her heroic act?
how was that heroic?
was the family saved?
how?
were those 2 animals recognized for their acts?
how?
jewelry
she took a midday break from jewelry and bit into an apple.
bit into an apple
 she took a midday break from jewelry and bit into an apple
yes
When Debbie Parkhurst choked on a piece of apple
her dog
her dog jumped in, landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece of apple to pop out of her throat
jumped on her chest
her dog jumped in, landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece of apple to pop out of her throat
the piece of apple popped out
landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece of apple to pop out of her throat. 
at his job
 Debbie Parkhurst's husband, Kevin, was at his job at a Wilmington, Del., chemical firm
unknown
unknown
yes
Debbie Parkhurst's husband, Kevin, was at his job at a Wilmington, Del., chemical firm
Wilmington, Del.
 at a Wilmington, Del., chemical
Toby
 Toby, a golden 2 1/2-year-old dog
2 1/2
 Toby, a golden 2 1/2-year-old dog
Winnie
Winnie, a gray-eyed American shorthair
an American shorthair
Winnie, a gray-eyed American shorthair
woke up Cathy
 their cat clawed at wife Cathy's hair until she woke up and called for help
the family was being 0vercome by carbon monoxide
When the Keesling family of Indiana were about to be overcome by carbon monoxide(CO), 
yes
 State police and officers responding to her 911 call said the family was only minutes from death, judging by the amount of poisonous gas in the house.
State police and officers responded
 State police and officers responding to her 911 call 
yes
 were named Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
they named Dog and Cat of the Year
, were named Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.