The Rescuer: One Firefighter’s Story of Courage, Darkness, and the Relentless Love That Saved Him

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Thomas Nelson, Sep 1, 2020 - Biography & Autobiography - 208 pages

He helped save people every day—but he had no idea how to save himself.

Jason Sautel had it all. Confident in his abilities and trusted by his fellow firefighters, he was making a name for himself on the streets of Oakland, California. His adrenaline-fueled job even helped him forget the pain of his childhood—until the day he looked into the eyes of a jumper on the Bay Bridge and came face to face with a darkness he knew would take him down as well.

In the following months, a series of traumatic emergency calls—some successful, others impossible-to-forget failures—drove Jason deeper into depression. Even as he continued his lifesaving work, he realized he could never rescue everyone, and he had no idea how to save himself.

In the end, Jason was forced to confront the truth: only the relentless power of love could pull him back from his own deadly fall. Action-packed, spiritually honest, and surprisingly romantic, The Rescuer transports readers inside the pulse-pounding world of firefighting and into the heart of a man who needed to be broken before he could finally be made whole.

 

Contents

Chapter 1 A Bridge to Evil
1
Chapter 2 Whose Fault Was It?
11
Chapter 3 The Familiar Darkness
25
Chapter 4 Day Off
37
Chapter 5 Apartment 312
47
Chapter 6 Mr Weis Donuts and Chinese Cuisine
53
Chapter 7 Jaws of Life
67
Chapter 8 Dress Code
81
Chapter 12 House of Love
119
Chapter 13 Girl Time
125
Chapter 14 Rescue
135
Chapter 15 First Date
143
Chapter 16 Hit and Running
157
Chapter 17 Uncharted Territory
167
Chapter 18 The Firehouse and the World Outside
181
Acknowledgments
189

Chapter 9 Ready
91
Chapter 10 Mothers Day
97
Chapter 11 Alone
109
About the Author
193
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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.

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