(Reprinted from Union County FL Times)
As a substitute mail carrier, Robin Reeder has to be ready to go wherever she's called--even a burning building.
Recently, Reeder was on her route in southwest Union County when she happened upon a mobile home on fire with a woman running to her for help. A young woman lay inside as smoke filled the dwelling.
"The lady came running out of the trailer just hollering help, help, help!" Reeder said.
The carrier called 9-1-1 and went to help the older woman, who couldn't walk very well, to retrieve a young woman passed out inside the home.
Reeder dragged the young woman outside as paramedics arrived. Both women fully recovered.
Reeder has worked at the Lake Butler Post office for more than six years and didn't think what she did was a big deal, saying she mostly saw smoke at the time. "Anybody would have gone in there to help the young woman."
Postmaster Nathan King Is not so sure, and commended Reeder for her heroic efforts.
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