Rural Carrier Heroes

Employee plays it cool, saves customer’s life

James Lange, a rural carrier associate, was delivering mail on a scorching July day in Omaha, AR, when he spotted ...
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Mail, dog were clues to customer in distress

Rural Carrier Michael Elkins was making deliveries on a recent Monday in Mount Gilead, NC, when he grew concerned about ...
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Rural Carrier carries injured customer to safety

Rural Carrier Tony Merschman was recently delivering mail when he spotted a customer who’d fallen in her driveway and couldn’t ...
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Rural Carrier averts one tragedy, responds to another

Rural Carrier Associate Keith Cooper was recently delivering mail in Point, TX, when he came upon an 83-year-old customer sprawled ...
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Rural Carrier swoops in to rescue injured pedestrian

Albert Dangelantonio Jr., a rural carrier associate, was recently delivering mail in Bridgewater, CT, when he saw an older customer ...
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Wandering customer with dementia rescued by rural carrier

Terry Curry, a rural carrier in Jeffersonville, GA, was recently delivering mail when she came upon an older customer walking ...
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Rural Carrier saves customer stranded with broken hip

Rural Carrier Heather Parmley was recently making deliveries in Hughson, CA, when she grew concerned about an older customer who ...
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Rural carrier responds to ATV accident

Julie Bish, a rural carrier, was recently delivering mail in New Bethlehem, PA, when the sight of a downed mailbox ...
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Rural carrier rescues wayward tot

Rural Carrier Becky Woolard was recently delivering mail in Bath, NC, when she spotted a toddler in trouble: The 3-year-old ...
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Rural Carrier rescues customer felled by blood sugar

Caroline Badgett, a rural carrier associate, was recently making deliveries in Eustace, TX, when she spotted a customer lying in ...
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Rural Carrier saves customer crushed in farm accident

Rural Carrier Kari Kerndt-Hammel was delivering mail one day last fall at a farm in Waukon, IA, when she saw ...
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Rural Carrier responds effectively to two wildfires

Rural Carrier Joyce Williamson was recently delivering mail in Cushing, TX, when she spotted a wildfire that was surrounding a ...
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