JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (WIAT) — Kayla Coffman came to work for the postal service almost 20 years ago because she wanted to have a job that would be more routine and flexible than her previous career.

“Being a mother, it just wasn’t a good thing to be getting up in the middle of the night,” Coffman said of her last job. “Leaving a baby at night home with Daddy just didn’t work well.”

However, Coffman’s week at the Jacksonville Post Office has been far from routine. She was sitting in her office with a supervisor when she heard the sound of a very young baby crying outside the door. The next thing she heard was someone yelling that the baby wasn’t breathing.

“I don’t know what really happened,” Coffman said. “I just knew I had to take care of that baby.”

While someone called 911, Coffman started treating the baby. Read more