Yury Korkishko was in his backyard in the afternoon when he was stung by wasps and started suffering an allergic reaction.While his wife, Lidia, was driving him to the hospital, Korkishko lost consciousness, forcing the couple to pull over on 1300 East to wait for an ambulance.Passing drivers stopped to get him out of the car, and incredibly, one woman happened to have an EpiPen on hand.The Korkishkos moved from Ukraine to Utah 30 years ago.
“You don’t see that every day,” said Korkishko’s son, Alex. “You see all the chaos. Where we’re from, our city’s destroyed. But here, people love each other.” Korkishko stayed overnight at Alta View Hospital and was discharged Tuesday afternoon. He said he’s doing OK.Now, the Korkishkos hope to track down the woman with the EpiPen who doctors say saved his life.“I hope you can come forward so we can thank you personally,” said Alex. “I get to live another year with my dad, so thank you.”
Monday wasn’t Korkishko's first close-call with death. Last year, he had to be rescued by the National Guard after being swept away in a river in the Alaskan wilderness. A sergeant with the Sandy Police Department emailed FOX 13 News shortly after this story was aired and published, saying they were at the scene and had reached out to the woman who saved Korkishko in hopes to reunite them.
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