"He called me at 8:23 that morning and said, 'You've got to help me.' I knew he had a tree stand out there. I said, 'I have to know what's wrong,' and he said, 'Just help me. Hurry,'" she told the station. "He started choking and coughing … and there was nothing. I was on the phone with him from 8:23 to 8:28 and the last minute I spent yelling in that phone to try and get him back."