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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMailman saves the life of a woman on his postal route.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/parenting/mailman-sees-infant-alone-in-street-bursts-through-door-to-find-mom-hunched-over-stroller/ar-AAYCiG4?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=6930ae5597f242c78baf1dd80747feddDespite his decades of working the same route, Stephen had never really experienced anything too dramatic while delivering mail that is, until he helped save the life of a woman who lives in the neighborhood.
One day, Stephen noticed a 2-year-old boy wandering around outside his house, all alone. It was an instant red flag, and the concerned postal carrier wasn't about to ignore it.
Stephen, who had seen this boy on his route before, immediately asked him where his mother was. The boy was visibly frightened and pointed beyond his front porch and inside his home.
Stephen ran inside and discovered the child's mother, Stephanie, hunched over her son's stroller. She was totally unconscious and unresponsive after reportedly having a bad reaction to medication.
TigressDem
(5,125 posts)In the clip, you'll see why Stephen has been presented with the Life Saving Award, a rare honor bestowed to him by the United States Postal Service.
Same link as OP - copied for ease of access
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/parenting/mailman-sees-infant-alone-in-street-bursts-through-door-to-find-mom-hunched-over-stroller/ar-AAYCiG4?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=6930ae5597f242c78baf1dd80747fedd
oldsoftie
(12,632 posts)iluvtennis
(19,882 posts)TigressDem
(5,125 posts)spoon full of sugar and all that jazz.
Tikki
(14,560 posts)We have lived in the same home 44 years and he has been our route carrier for more than a bit.
The Tikkis
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)MuseRider
(34,135 posts)I was saved by a UPS guy who knew one of my friends who was also on his run and got her to come and take me to the hospital. He found me only in a tee shirt in frigid December laying on the floor in front of my open front door. It went on from there with a weeks long hospital stay. Heroes, they can be found everywhere.
PlutosHeart
(1,294 posts)where it is the Postal Service worker that alerts to possible crisis. My father was one for many years and had a few incidences. Bless the PO workers.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)parks his truck to bring her mail to the door, returns emptied garbage bins to the garage, and checks on her tomato plants in the summer.
In return, she gives him tomatoes and peppers, banana and pumpkin breads, and cookies and candy. She adores him.