{"id":36637,"date":"2024-10-26T10:48:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T15:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=36637"},"modified":"2024-10-26T10:48:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T15:48:58","slug":"chicago-letter-carrier-saves-elderly-womans-life-after-noticing-uncollected-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2024\/10\/26\/chicago-letter-carrier-saves-elderly-womans-life-after-noticing-uncollected-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago letter carrier saves elderly woman\u2019s life after noticing uncollected mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O6_RRcPmKa8?si=OHw6n_hlsov6nz_b\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO &#8211; 10\/25\/24 &#8211; A South Side letter carrier is being hailed as a hero for saving the life of an elderly woman.<\/p>\n<p>Dori Carson recently noticed mail stacking up at one of her customers&#8217; homes, prompting her and a neighbor to take immediate action. Fire officials said their quick thinking made all the difference.<\/p>\n<p>The letter carrier, who&#8217;s worked on South Drake Avenue in the city\u2019s Mount Greenwood neighborhood for more than five years, does more than deliver.<\/p>\n<p>She is adored by neighbors; likewise, she&#8217;s learned their names and has even gotten to know their habits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just a smile sometimes is all somebody needs,&#8221; said Carson.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why, Carson says, it didn&#8217;t sit well with her when she returned to her route after Columbus Day Weekend to see that a longtime resident hadn&#8217;t touched her mail. Packages were also stacked up on the woman\u2019s porch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Noticed it was three days&#8217; worth of mail,&#8221; said Carson. &#8220;I&#8217;m like, well, this isn&#8217;t right because she normally gathers her mail every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Carson collected the items for the customer, who is in her eighties.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Began knocking on her door so I could hand it to her because I know she\u2019s elderly, but she didn\u2019t answer,&#8221; said Carson.<\/p>\n<p>Carson, who has worked for the U.S. Postal Service for about 12 years in total, alerted a neighbor to her discovery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s when I became concerned and I called for a well-being check,&#8221; said neighbor, Peggy Mason.<\/p>\n<p>First responders arrived and made their way inside, where they found the woman had fallen. She was at the bottom of her staircase\u2014unable to move or phone for help\u2014and reported she\u2019d been there for three days. Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/chicago-letter-carrier-saves-elderly-womans-life-noticing-uncollected-mail\">Fox 32<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dori-Carson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-36638\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dori-Carson-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dori-Carson-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dori-Carson-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dori-Carson.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO &#8211; 10\/25\/24 &#8211; A South Side letter carrier is being hailed as a hero for saving the life of an elderly woman. Dori Carson recently noticed mail stacking up at one of her customers&#8217; homes, prompting her and a neighbor to take immediate action. Fire officials said their quick thinking made all the difference. 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