TOMS RIVER – “I was dead,” he said. “At the hospital, they told my wife to get a priest.”
These were the words of Pat Kane, who had a medical emergency in May. Four officers: CSO Jeanea Meola, CSO Erik Lindstrom, Patrolman Michael MacDonald and Patrolman Matthew Crosta were given Life Saving Awards for coming to his aid.
Kane lost his memory of the incident, and weeks before and after. But what he does know is “These guys saved my life,” he said.
“I was in the hospital 15 days. (Then,) I was home a week,” he said. “I go to my mailbox. A car pulls up and a lady says ‘You’re alive. The whole neighborhood thinks you’re dead.’”
