Saving a life

This is Paul Janensch with a Treasure Coast Essay about the saving of a life.  Cindy McKenna, of Port St. Lucie, was celebrating her birthday with family and friends at Pepper Park beach on North Hutchinson Island.  As reported by Elliott Jones on TCPalm.com, a young man who could not swim disappeared under water about 50 yards out.  Three swimmers brought the unconscious victim to shore. Cindy, a nurse at a home for the disabled in Stuart, ran to his side.  She felt no pulse.  Cindy knows CPR and began a cycle of breathing into his mouth and pushing down on his chest.  A bystander helped with the chest compressions.  The victim gasped and resumed breathing.  He was rushed to the hospital and recovered.  Cindy said, “It was the greatest gift I could have, helping save a life.”  I’m Paul Janensch.