Neighbors save home from Matanuska River

 
It’s moving day for Terry Van Wyhe of Sutton, not that he had a choice. Rising water from the Matanuska River had eroded more of Van Wyhe’s land, forcing him to move, but he did not do it alone.
“The neighbors are the emergency response,” said Mike Pearson, one of the neighbors who helped save the structure. “If we wouldn’t have pulled it out, we’d have more debris in the river, it’s overrun with shard, metal objects, pieces of wood, houses.