Kathryn Walters, Elliottsburg, PA

Elliottsburg, PA, Rural Carrier Kathryn Walters

Elliottsburg, PA, Rural Carrier Kathryn Walters was recently making deliveries when she grew concerned about a customer whose mail was piling up.

No one answered when Walters knocked on the man’s front door, so she alerted a neighbor who contacted local police.

Officers discovered the man collapsed inside his home with no memory of what had happened.

He was taken to a hospital for evaluation.


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