{"id":28841,"date":"2020-06-20T10:17:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T15:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=28841"},"modified":"2020-06-20T10:17:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T15:17:06","slug":"my-baby-cant-breathe-letter-carrier-to-the-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2020\/06\/20\/my-baby-cant-breathe-letter-carrier-to-the-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMy baby can\u2019t breathe!\u201d – Letter Carrier to the Rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Postal Bulletin 22548<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

In a moment of crisis, a Postal Service\u2122 customer in Miami turned to a trusted figure for help: Letter Carrier Donna Bratton. Bratton was delivering mail at the customer\u2019s apartment complex when the woman ran up to her, holding an infant.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy baby can\u2019t breathe!\u201d the customer exclaimed.<\/p>\n

While 911 was called, Bratton performed CPR on the girl and revived her. Emergency responders soon arrived and took the baby to a hospital.<\/p>\n

Bratton is one of several thousand employees who have been recognized through the Postmaster General (PMG) Heroes\u2019 Program. These men and women have gone above and beyond the call of duty in a variety of situations, such as assisting lost children, getting help for sick or injured customers, spotting fires, and more.<\/p>\n

Now in its seventeenth year, the program is based on a simple idea: Postal Service employees know the habits of their customers and the rhythms of their communities, and are often the first to notify emergency personnel and render aid when something is wrong.<\/p>\n

Employees must be nominated for the PMG Hero Award. Corporate Communications reviews nominations for accuracy, then sends them to the Inspection Service and the Office of Inspector General for approval.<\/p>\n

Following approval, each nominee receives a commendation letter from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. Honorees are also featured in \u201cHeroes\u2019 Corner\u201d on the Postal Service\u2019s daily employee news site, Link. Additionally, a heroes\u2019 wall at USPS\u00ae headquarters in Washington, DC, displays stories and photos, which are updated monthly, to promote these employees\u2019 heroic acts.<\/p>\n

To nominate an employee, complete PS Form 400, Corporate Communications PMG Hero Nomination, and email it to PMG_HeroNominations@usps.gov. To download or print the form, go to usps.link\/heroes<\/a> where you can also find the \u201cHeroes\u2019 Corner\u201d archives and read more stories about heroic employees.<\/p>\n

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From Postal Bulletin 22548 In a moment of crisis, a Postal Service\u2122 customer in Miami turned to a trusted figure for help: Letter Carrier Donna Bratton. Bratton was delivering mail at the customer\u2019s apartment complex when the woman ran up to her, holding an infant. \u201cMy baby can\u2019t breathe!\u201d the customer exclaimed. While 911 was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28842,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28841\/revisions\/28842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}