Postal hero.Letter carrier Rodger Parker of Cordova Cordova, Spain: see Córdoba. , Tennessee, has delivered mail from the post office in nearby Germantown for about two years. In October 2002, he was on his way home from work when a truck ahead of him veered off the road and plunged into a large lake. As the truck began to sink, Parker and two other persons jumped into the lake and swam to help its two occupants. As described in the August 29, 2003 NALC NALC N-acetyl l-cysteine Microbiology A mucolytic agent used to collect sputa destined for TB culture that liquefies the mucus by breaking disulfide bonds Bulletin, published by the National Association of Letter Carriers The National Association of Letter Carriers (or NALC) is a labor union for employees of the United States Postal Service who serve as letter carriers (informally, "mail carriers", "mailmen", or "postmen", although many are now in fact female). , Parker "first freed Betty Byington and took her to shore, then returned to get her husband, Robert, who was trapped in the driver's seat driv·er's seat n. A position of control or authority. with water up to his neck." During a September 17 ceremony in Washington, D.C., Parker's heroic effort was formally recognized when he received the NALC's 2003 National Hero of the Year award. |
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