First responder Dena Suihkonen from Minnesota is bringing awareness to the dangers of dunk tanks after a recent accident. She was at a Fourth of July celebration when the dunk tank she was in ...
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. She started contributing to PEOPLE in 2008, ...
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 ...