Article: Five California Letter Carriers to Share Award as 'Hero of the Year' for Rescue Efforts in Fire

To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: Drew Von Bergen of National Association of Letter Carriers, +1-202-662-2489, vonbergen@nalc.org

North CarolinaLetter Carrier Garners 'Humanitarian' Award

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Five letter carriers who helped rescue nearly 100 people from a three-alarm fire at a senior citizens' apartment building in Oakland, California have been selected as winners of the 2008 "Hero of the Year" Award of the National Association of Letter Carriers, the 302,000-member postal union announced today.

NALC President William H. Young will present the National Hero of the Year award jointly to five California letter carriers - Alan Girardof Fremont, Rick ...

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