/saerc
In order to aid in breathing, remove stifling mask.
The whole “I can’t breathe!” thing reminds me of a comic who used it as a line to describe his younger brother. They’d wrestle and as soon as big brother got the upper hand, his younger brother would scream, “I can’t breathe!” and his mother, no matter where she was in the house, would come charging in and put the whup on big brother. Then he’d be confined to his room with the door closed. Younger brother would then taunt him (”You’re in truh-bul!”) and wiggle a finger under the closed door. Older brother would grab the finger, younger would shout “I can’t breathe!” and then mom would come back to put the hurt on HIM!
Well, not to be a spoiler for a 7 year old movie, but Superman, Kal-El, put General Zod in a choke hold, and while Zod was shooting his heat vision rays at a family, Superman broke his neck to save the American family.