| WHAT: |
The USPS, local first responders, and families of the employees involved will celebrate the life-saving actions of two employees who assisted a coworker. |
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| WHO: |
John Mallard Jr. and Terrance Lyman will be recognized, along with local first responders, for helping to save the life of Maintenance Supervisor, Russell Childress. |
| WHEN: |
Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 9 a.m. |
| WHERE: |
Trenton Processing & Distribution Center (P&DC) |
| DETAILS: |
On September 19, 2012, Trenton P&DC employees John Mallard Jr. and Terrance Lyman performed CPR and utilized an AED on coworker Russell Childress who had suffered cardiac arrest. Lyman and Mallard are credited with saving Childress’ life before local first responders arrived on the scene. Childress has recovered and is back to work. Postal managers, employees, and local first responders will join the employees’ families to celebrate the heroic action. |
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