( CNN ) A freshly fallen tree in the roadway was Jason Warnock 's first clue . Warnock was driving through a canyon in Lewiston , Idaho , on Wednesday when he saw the tree , then looked up to see an SUV dangling over the edge of a cliff . The only thing holding the GMC Yukon and its terrified driver from a 30-foot drop was a crumpled chain-link fence , still clinging to the earth above Bryden Canyon Road . `` I seen that guy hanging there and he was trying to beat the window out or the door open and I was like 'Oh man , ' 'cause only like five links were hanging there , '' Warnock told KXLY , a CNN affiliate . `` I was like , I got ta do something and no one was doing anything . '' What Warnock did next , captured in a dramatic photo by Lewiston Tribune photographer Barry Kough , made headlines around the world . Warnock dashed from his car and scrambled up a hill to the Yukon and its driver , 23-year-old Matthew Sitko , who appeared to be in shock . `` I got up there and I was like , 'Are you alright man ? ' He shook his head , yeah . I grabbed my Snap-on multi-tool and it had jagged edges on each end . I hit the window three times and it did n't break . Every time I hit it , the thing rocked like it was going to fall off , '' Warnock told KXLY . Sitko was finally able to get the passenger-side window down . Warnock then reached in and pulled Sitko out to safety -- a moment recorded by Kough 's camera . Then Warnock disappeared . `` I left and got out of there before anyone knew who I was , '' he said . He remained an unknown good Samaritan , his identity a mystery , until Kough 's picture of the daring rescue appeared in the Lewiston paper and spread across the Internet . `` I do n't feel like I deserve any credit or anything , '' Warnock said . `` I just did what anyone would do , went right back to work . '' Thanks to Warnock , Sitko went to the hospital with just minor injuries . `` The Lewiston Police Department would like to thank Jason Warnock for his quick and decisive actions in helping Mr. Sitko and preventing the situation from worsening , '' said Roger Lanier , the interim police chief . Warnock told KXLY he did n't want or expect all the attention and would rather be fishing in the mountains than reading about himself .
` Warnock was a man whose SUV was dangling off the edge of a cliff . Warnock : ` ` I do n't act like I deserves any reward ... I just did what anyone would do ''