when matt saw his father roughing up someone for money to give to the fixer, he fled from the scene in shock and got into a car accident, when he saved an old blind man from getting hit by a truck carrying radioactive chemicals. blinded by the chemicals, matt developed superhuman senses. heartbroken by what he put his son through, jack vowed to never work for the fixer again and helped matt adjust to his blindness, unaware of his powers.