FARGO (KFGO) – The quick thinking of a Fargo mail carrier may have saved a woman’s life.
Fargo Postmaster Greg Johnson says letter carrier Michael Sorum was outside delivering mail during Wednesday’s blizzard when he spotted an elderly woman who was very cold and confused.
“He came upon her standing by a vehicle, not really knowing who she was, or where she was,” Johnson said. “He could tell that she had no idea of what was going on, so he did assist her into one of our postal vehicles to warm her up and then he called 9-1-1.”
The National Weather Service said conditions during the blizzard were potentially life-threatening. The temperature at the time was around 10 below zero, winds were gusting to approximately 50 mph and the wind chill index approached 40 below zero.
Johnson says Sorum was later concerned that allowing the woman inside his mail truck could get him into trouble because it’s generally against regulations, but he says Sorum was quickly assured that he did the right thing.
(Jim Monk of sister station KFGO contributed this report.)
