Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon, ibinahagi nina Ogie Alcasid at Regine Velasquez ang insidenteng nangyari na muntik nang ikamatay ni Ogie.
"Something happened to me last December..." simula ni Ogie sa panayam sa kanila ng broadcaster na si Karmina Constantino sa podcast nitong KC After Hours na lumabas noong February 7, 2026.
"It was our 15th year anniversary and I wanted it to be really special for us cause it's a milestone, you know.
"We're celebrating fifteen years of marriage and at our age, that's something special, you know."
Ipinagdiwang nina Ogie at Regine ang kanilang 15th wedding anniversary noong December 22, 2025.
Hindi naman daw engrandeng selebrasyon ang gusto nila kundi simple lang dahil kakasal lamang din ng panganay na anak ni Ogie na si Leila Alcasid.
Pero ayaw naman daw niyang dumaan na lamang basta ang wedding anniversray nila ni Regine na walang selebrasyon.
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Pagpapatuloy ni Ogie: "Simple lang. But at the same time, my eldest daughter got married.
"So I didn't wanna... I wanted that to be the highlight of the year. That was the event of the year for our family.
"But I didn't want naman 2025 to go and we didn't even celebrate our 15th."
Nagplano raw silang dalhin ang kanilang buong pamilya sa kanilang "favorite island."
Dahil sa medyo may kamahalan ang pamasahe at accommodation, tumanggap daw ng one-night concert si Ogie para pandagdag-gastos.
Aniya: "So I said, 'All right. Let's go to their... our favorite island. We'll bring the family.' Fifty of us.
"And of course, I couldn't afford that. So I said, 'Can I just sing one, one, one night?'
"I had a concert and she [Regine] guested on it. So, good. It was good."
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ogie alcasid and the choking INCIDENT
Pagkatapos ng concert, habang nakikipagkuwentuhan si Ogie sa kanyang banda, bigla siyang nabilaukan dahil nilunok niya ang manok na hindi nginunguya.
Lahad niya: "Now, after the concert, I was chatting with my band, and I have this really bad habit of not chewing my food.
"So, ayun, nakikipagkuwentuhan ako. And then I... I choked.
"I choked on my food, on the chicken that I was eating, which was quite dry.
"And I had a bad cough at that time, too, so it was exacerbated by then.
"So, I actually lost consciousness."
Sabat ni Regine, "He choked."
Dagdag ni Ogie, "Choked and lost consciousness..."
Sabi ni Regine tungkol kay Ogie, "He almost died."
Mabuti na lamang daw at nandoon ang pangalawang anak ni Ogie sa kanyang first wife na si Michelle Van Eimeren, si Sarah Alcasid, na isang nurse.
Pagpapatuloy niya: "Yeah, so my daughter who is a nurse in Sydney, she saw me drop. And she didn't do the Heimlich, she did something else."
"She said she was... forcing her palm on my back and I gained... I regained consciousness.
"She was holding my face and she said, 'Dad, are you... can you hear me?'
"I said, "Yeah, I can hear you.' 'Can you breathe?' I said, 'Yeah, I can breathe.'"
Ayon sa https://my.clevelandclinic.org, ang Heimlich maneuver "is a first-aid method for choking that you can use on adults and children. Another name for the Heimlich maneuver is abdominal thrusts, because it involves thrusting into the abdominal area. It’s a quick and life-saving method, but you should only use it on conscious people who can’t breathe on their own."
Ayon pa kay Regine, "It was a few seconds but we could have lost him."
Huli na raw naisip ni Regine na maaring mawala sa kanila si Ogie sa ganung klaseng insidente.
Aniya: "I was so scared and I was shocked.
"I was shocked. I was so shocked. And I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe it.
"Like, in my head, I kept thinking, I could have actually lost him."
Marami raw na-realize si Ogie dahil sa insidenteng iyon.
Saad niya: "So many realizations that night because we had a conversation with my son and it was, like, it started everything, these conversations.
"Conversations with my son and with the family.
"Now, what I realized from that experience was that, yes, life is really short, you know."
Pero biro niya: "And it comes so unexpectedly. And going away with eating chicken is not... is not ideal.
"It's not... it's not a good way to go.
"So now, I chew my food more consciously."