Dena Suihkonen says her life changed in minutes when the tank’s seat appeared to malfunction and she was tossed to the ground Susan Young is a reporter for PEOPLE. She started working for PEOPLE in ...
Dena Suihkonen, a 59-year-old EMT and ambulance director, suffered a spinal cord injury after what she describes as being launched out of a dunk tank during a 4th of July community celebration As an ...
TOWER, Minn. (KBJR/Gray News) - A first responder was paralyzed in a dunk tank accident at a community picnic in Soudan, Minnesota, this past summer. Tower Ambulance Director Dena Suihkonen was taking ...