A Hero Enters At The Right Time

Jason Warnock pulling Matthew Sitko from the wreck.

On April 16, 23-year-old Matthew Sitko was driving down Mayfair Drive, perhaps just a bit too quickly for the structure of the road. At 8 AM on that day his 2000 GMC Yukon left the road, drove through two yards and became snagged in a chain-link fence that prevented the vehicle from diving into the canyon.

Matthew remained in the car, which was dangling over the lip of the cliff, held in place by the fence. Someone he had never met came along and pulled him from the vehicle. The stranger never left his name and had departed just as the police came on scene. According to Lewiston police officer Eric Olson, "He said he had to go, and he left."



The rescuer had helped Matthew get out of the car by taking a rock and breaking the window. Without putting his entire weight on the vehicle, the man pulled Matthew out through the window to safety. After the whole ordeal, Matthew was treated at the local hospital and only had minor injuries.

A bystander managed to photograph the rescue and it was that photo that Matthew posted in order to find out the identity of his rescuer. It was something of a hope and a prayer, because he was taking a chance that his rescuer would come forward.

This is how close Matthew's vehicle came to a deadly drop.

However, Matthew's rescuer did show up and his name is Jason Warnock, 29 years old. He also happened to be driving on that stretch of road that day. He noticed the debris and followed it down until he spotted the wreck. He parked his own vehicle in a safe spot and headed down to the vehicle. After the rescue, he and Matthew talked a bit before Jason left.

And this rescue may have been even more critical, since Matthew was in even more trouble emotionally. According to Police Chief Roger Lanier, "He was listening to a song on the radio, and some lyrics in the song convinced him that it was essentially his time to die. He just closed his eyes, took his hands off the wheel, and pressed the accelerator." It was a suicidal moment, probably also triggered by an ongoing emotional problem that came to a head when the song played, and Matthew acted impulsively. That fence and another human being saved him. Matthew, I really do hope you get the help you need. Take care of yourself, buddy. People really care about you.

Jason pointing to the drop-off beyond the fence.

Thanks to this article from Little Things: http://suv.littlethings.com/jason-warnock-suv-matthew-sitko-rescue-hero/?utm_source=TS&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=shocking; this article from The Lewiston Tribune Online: http://lmtribune.com/man-rescued-from-bryden-canyon-cliff/article_3cde9404-e3fa-11e4-ad76-9ffdb45b0eda.html; and this article from the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3042934/I-29-year-old-pictured-rescuing-driver-SUV-crashed-edge-cliff-comes-forward-heart-stopping-episode.html.

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