{"id":12526,"date":"2015-09-30T07:20:34","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T12:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=12526"},"modified":"2015-09-30T07:22:39","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T12:22:39","slug":"video-mail-kid-goes-to-the-post-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2015\/09\/30\/video-mail-kid-goes-to-the-post-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: &#8216;Mail Kid&#8217; goes to the post office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A Knoxville boy who idolizes his mailman got to go on a surprise-filled visit to Postman Mike&#8217;s Post Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/carter-goes-to-post-office.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12527\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/carter-goes-to-post-office.jpg\" alt=\"carter-goes-to-post-office\" width=\"622\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/carter-goes-to-post-office.jpg 622w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/carter-goes-to-post-office-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(WBIR-KNOXVILLE) A four-year-old boy who idolizes his neighborhood mailman finally got to see the other half of &#8216;Postman Mike&#8217;s\u00a0job this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbir.com\/story\/life\/2015\/09\/18\/and-finally-mail-kid-idolizes-his-neighborhood-mailman\/72428282\/\">PREVIOUS: And Finally: &#8216;Mail Kid&#8217; idolizes local mail man<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carter Lawson wants to be a post man when he grows up and has grown close with his family&#8217;s\u00a0mailman. 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