Disabled Veteran Catches Mailman In Security Video Shoveling Snow Off Her Front Steps

Jan 03, 2023 by apost team

A mailman on his regular route in Johnston, Pennsylvania, went out of his way to help a disabled veteran and cleared off six to eight inches of snow from her front porch after a terrible snowstorm. While the mailman stopped to shovel the steps and the deck for just five minutes, his act of kindness will never be forgotten by Terri Halliday, the U.S. military veteran, for the rest of her life. 

After one of her legs was amputated, Halliday has been getting by using a wheelchair. While she can do tasks like grocery shopping, she is still often faced with many physical challenges. For instance, it's almost impossible for Halliday to shovel snow because she could slip from her wheelchair. Despite this, she keeps a shovel by her doorway and tries to clear her deck out in the best way possible when a snowstorm has passed.

Halliday was alerted by her home security system about some movement outside of her house the day after a snowstorm in March 2022. When she checked her phone, she saw a mail delivery truck. After a few seconds, she also saw the mailman going up to her front porch, picking up a shovel by her door, and using this to clear a pathway on her deck.

Workers of the U.S. Postal Service are expected to deliver mail like clockwork, and a five-minute interruption can affect their job performance. However, the mailman didn't seem to mind this slight delay to his route, thus impressing Halliday even more. 

In an interview with The Tribune-Democrat, Halliday said that she was "shocked but grateful" by what she witnessed, and everything was caught on her security video. She did not expect the mailman to do this for her because they do not know each other well, apart from the quick hellos and waves they've exchanged a few times. 

"You hear so many different stories out there that people don't care about other people, and then this happens to you," Halliday told the news outlet. 

When he returned her shovel, Halliday made sure to thank him personally and then asked for his name. The mailman is LeRon Britt, who has been with the U.S. Postal Service since 2015, according to his LinkedIn profile. He has been delivering the mail in Halliday's neighborhood, the 8th Ward, for years. 

While Britt was familiar with the locals, he also told The Tribune-Democrat that he and Halliday never actually met as she had just moved into the area. Britt also admitted that he has taken the heat from his bosses for helping someone out in his route, but then he likes to "help people out if I know they can't do it themselves." The mailman is not a stranger to shoveling other people's driveways or front paths, and he personally feels it's important to help because "I feel I would want somebody to help me if I needed help."

Halliday shared the video of the mailman shoveling her front deck on Facebook, which received more than 850 shares. She hailed Britt for going "above and beyond" the confines of his job. 

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