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Joseph, OR, Contract Delivery Service Carrier Renee Eschler

Joseph, OR, Contract Delivery Service Carrier Renee Eschler was on the job earlier this year in the remote community of Imnaha when she discovered a woman who had fallen near her mailbox.

The customer — who had broken her femur, leaving her stranded on snow-covered ground for an hour — greeted Eschler with these words: “I knew you would be here.”

With no cellphone service in the area, Eschler located neighbors who called 911 from a landline and provided additional assistance on the scene.

Eschler gave the customer a sweatshirt for warmth and stayed with the neighbors to comfort her while paramedics made a 90-minute trek to the location.

The woman is recovering from the incident.


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