Plainview Carrier Russell Huber must have a detective's sense for those in trouble - and not long ago, he proved it. Huber had been off on a recent Friday and Saturday, but when he returned to work on Monday, he noticed an elderly customer had not taken in his mail from either day. "He's an older gentleman, who usually waits for me at the door," said Huber.
Huber was concerned. "I banged on the door," he said. "I waited a couple of minutes. He didn't come... so I went and delivered one of the three relays I do from that park point."
When he got back he noticed the mail still in the box. He banged on the door and went around back, hollered and - reluctantly - set off to deliver another relay. When he returned, the mail was still in the box, so he went to a neighbor's house and called 911.
The police eventually broke into the house and found the man laying at the foot of a stairway in a pool of blood, incoherent, a gash in his head. However, no one knew how to contact his relatives, but Huber remembered that he had a sister in Florida, but couldn't recall her married name. It troubled him the man might not receive treatment without a next-of-kin to approve it.
But on his way home later, he recalled the man having a brother in Las Vegas. Despite being "computer-challenged," he found him in an on-line phone directory, called and left a message.
Family from Queens contacted him the next day, having heard from the brother in Las Vegas and thanked Huber, informing him that their brother had been stabilized. They told him he had sustained numerous injuries in his fall: a broken shoulder, collar bone, and several ribs. Huber, though, downplays his role, saying, "Basically, it was observation, nothing more to it than watching."
Yet, he explains his joy when the police opened the man's door and found him. "I'm glad he was alive. It was wonderful to see him breathing!"
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Persistent Carrier Discovers Seriously Injured Man
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