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The Rescuer: One Firefighters Story of Courage, Darkness, and the Relentless Love That Saved Him
By (Author) Jason Sautel
With D.R. Jacobsen
Thomas Nelson Publishers
Thomas Nelson Publishers
29th November 2022
20th January 2022
United States
General
Non Fiction
Emergency services
Autobiography: religious and spiritual
Christian life and practice
Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works
Memoirs
363.37092
Paperback
208
Width 139mm, Height 212mm, Spine 14mm
194g
The true story--told with heart-pounding action and heart-melting romance--of a heroic firefighter forced to confront an emergency even he can't handle: saving himself.
Jason Sautel had it all. Confident in his abilities, trusted by his firefighting brothers, and nationally recognized for his heroism, he was making a name for himself on the mean streets of Oakland, California. There was no emergency he couldn't handle, and his adrenaline-fueled job helped him forget the suicidal thoughts of his dark childhood . . . until the day he looked into the eyes of a jumper on the Bay Bridge and came face to face with an evil he recognized in his own heart.
In the following months, a series of traumatic emergency calls--some successful, others haunting failures--drove Jason into a deep depression. Even as he threw himself into his work as the model firefighter, he sank deeper and deeper, realizing he could never rescue everyone . . . or even save himself. Just as he was ready to take his own life, Jason began to see hints of hope: the relentless power of love. Packed with dramatic action and romance, vulnerability and inspiration,The Rescueris a compelling story of courage, faith, redemption, and the one Person who really can rescue us from the darkness.
Jason Sautel spent much of his early adulthood as a decorated firefighter in one of the toughest firehouses in the country and today shares Christ-centered stories and lessons from his time there to his 600,000+ Facebook followers. He loves his wife of sixteen years, Kristie, his four two-legged children, his two four-legged children, and appreciates God's gifts of donuts, surfing, and Maui.