
Atlantic City Firefighter Sven Peltonen spent almost 24 hours wondering what he could have done differently.
After working to try to revive a swimmer pulled unconscious from the ocean off South Carolina Avenue at about 7 p.m Monday, he was told she had died. Then, at about 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, a reporter called to tell him the 59-year-old New Hampshire woman had survived.
"She coded at the scene," Sgt. Monica McMenamin said of the drowning that turned out to be a rescue.
The woman, whose name is not being released, is in the Intensive Care Unit at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center's City Campus. Her exact condition has....Continue Reading










