Elkin, NC, Letter Carrier Daniel Mills was delivering mail recently when he saw through a glass front door a woman lying on the floor inside her home.
When Mills called out to her, she told him she was hurt.
The door was locked, so the Postal Service employee went around the house and entered through the back door.
When he tried to help the woman up, she cried out in pain, so he called 911. He then comforted her until paramedics arrived.
Mills also removed the woman’s cakes from her oven so they wouldn’t burn.
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