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Missouri employee helps injured couple

Columbia, MO, Mail Handler James Marsden
Columbia, MO, Bulk Mail Technician James Marsden

Columbia, MO, Bulk Mail Technician James Marsden was driving to work recently when he spotted a woman sitting in tall grass on the side of the road.

She was waving her arms, trying to get his attention.

Marsden stopped and approached the woman, who had been injured in a car accident. Her husband was pinned inside the vehicle.

Marsden gave his sweatshirt to the woman, who was shaking uncontrollably.

She told him she had been trying to get someone’s attention for more than an hour.

Emergency responders arrived and got the husband out of the vehicle.

The man and his wife were treated at a hospital.

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