(found on fark) Mail carrier saves woman from burning home; finishes her route

[ColbertWatcher]

Mail carrier saves woman from Near-Northside fire, completes her rounds
Mail carrier finished rounds after saving life
By Kevin O'Neal
Posted: March 18, 2009

When a mail carrier realized an 80-year-old woman was inside a burning house, she didn't hesitate to rush inside to help.

"It was something instinctive," Jackie Jefferson said. "I wasn't thinking. I puffed up my nerves and did it. I can't believe it happened."

Jefferson's actions got the wheelchair-bound woman out of her Near-Northside house Monday afternoon. Then, true to her postal duties, Jefferson resumed walking her mail delivery route.

(more at the link)

--IndyStar.com

[BlooInBloo]

1. Mail carrier of the year.

[Sultana]

2. Hero

:yourock: Jackie

[WI_DEM]

3. "rain, sleet, snow, nor burning house shall keep this carrier from completing her job"

Good Job, and a real hero.

[TahitiNut]

4. Well, of course she completed her route. How else would the mail get delivered?

:shrug:

[Duer 157099]

14. No kidding! All that junk mail's not gonna deliver itself!

Seriously, look at how much of what she's holding is just crap. I hate finding my mailbox stuffed full of that, and that they have to walk around delivering it (when they could be saving people's lives!!)

Kidding - she's a hero, that's awesome! :thumbsup:

[mikelgb]

5. Rain, sleet, snow and now FIRE

on edit: oops I was 1-upped...

She certainly raised the bar

[GentryDixon]

6. She was most likely afraid not to finish her route.

They are dogged by management on their "hours", which is how the PO budgets.

Good on her.

[hvn_nbr_2]

7. A new meaning for "going postal"? nt

[sufrommich]

8. Somewhere on her route , a freeper is complaining about those

slow government workers because his mail is late. Oh, you know it's true.

[ColbertWatcher]

11. LOL! Probably true! n/t

[onethatcares]

9. good on her, and the best wishes, but you know

her supervisor was docking her time for not finishing her route in an expedient manner.:rofl:

[noiretextatique]

10. kudos to jackie

for saving a life, and continuing on her route.

[ColbertWatcher]

12. Yeah! Jackie was mentioned on Countdown! n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

13. Maddow kick. n/t

[yorgatron]

15. you'd never see a UPS or FedEx driver do that.

:P

[applegrove]

16. I hope she gets a medal. Heard her in an interview on CBC radio. She's so humble.

She saved that lady's life.