JACKSON – A township man continues to recover after first responders and a bystander helped save his life following a cardiac arrest in the Four Seasons at South Knolls community earlier this year. He recently welcomed firefighters to his home to say thanks.
Engine 5401 was called to a South Knolls home on January 7, 2025, at 10:51 a.m. for a report of an unconscious man. Fire crews arrived three minutes later and found the patient in cardiac arrest while his wife, Linda, was already performing CPR.
According to the department, Capt. Porth, Fire Official O’Brien Jr., and firefighters McCloskey, O’Brien, Esposito, Sanchez and Rosa delivered sustained CPR and administered several shocks with an automated external defibrillator. Jackson EMS and Atlantic Health paramedics soon joined the effort.
Together, the responders were able to restore the man’s pulse before he was taken to CentraState Medical Center for further treatment.
Then this past week, the patient, Jeff, and his wife welcomed the entire response team back to their home to thank them in person — a gesture firefighters say is rare but deeply meaningful.
Officials credited the successful outcome to strong teamwork among fire, EMS and paramedic crews, along with Linda’s immediate CPR.
