Dayton, OH, Letter Carrier Sydney Billingsley was delivering mail recently when she heard a customer screaming for help from inside his house.
She went to the door and discovered the man had been shot multiple times.
Billingsley called 911 and then applied pressure to the customer’s wounds, drawing on her first-aid training.
She kept him conscious by talking with him until police and paramedics arrived.
After a monthlong stay in the hospital, the man, 51, is expected to make a full recovery.
Billingsley remains in contact with the customer and a suspect in the shooting has been arrested.
Dayton Mayor Jeffrey Mims acknowledged the Postal Service employee’s heroism and proclaimed a “Sydney Billingsley Day” in her honor.
Employees featured in “Heroes” receive letters of commendation through the Postmaster General Heroes’ Program. The nomination form is available on Blue.
