Tim Martin had braved rain and heat and the gloom of night on his appointed rounds, delivering mail in Hamburg, New York, for years.
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Letter carrier Tim Martin drives his mail truck on Monday. Martin was recently honored by the National Association of Letter Carriers for his heroism in helping a woman escape a fire that was threatening her home.
U.S. Postal Service mail carrier Tim Martin helped save the life of a woman who lived on his route when a vehicle parked next to her home caught fire on Dec. 31, 2022. He was delivering mail when he saw the flames. Neighbors were throwing snow on the car to put out the fire, but it spread to the front of the home. Martin pushed open a rear door and helped Karan escape.
A vehicle burns in the driveway by Karen Karan's house in Hamburg on Dec. 31, 2022. U.S. Postal Service mail carrier Tim Martin helped save Karan's life when he saw the flames while delivering mail. The fire spread to the front of the home. Martin pushed open a rear door and helped Karan escape.
U.S. Postal Service mail carrier Tim Martin helped save the life of a woman who lived on his route when a vehicle parked next to her home caught fire on Dec. 31, 2022. He was delivering mail when he saw the flames. Neighbors were throwing snow on the car to put out the fire, but it spread to the front of the home. Martin pushed open a rear door and helped Karan escape.
U.S. Postal Service mail carrier Tim Martin helped save the life of a woman who lived on his route when a vehicle parked next to her home caught fire on Dec. 31, 2022. He was delivering mail when he saw the flames. Neighbors were throwing snow on the car to put out the fire, but it spread to the front of the home. Martin pushed open a rear door and helped Karan escape.
14 fun facts about your mail
1. Benjamin Franklin was the first postmaster general in U.S. history
Before 1971, the postmaster general was a member of the president’s Cabinet.
2. The Postal Service processed and delivered 425.3 million pieces of mail per day in 2021.
3. There are more than 139,868 blue mail collection boxes in the U.S.
4. There are 31,247 Postal Service-managed retail offices.
5. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is the law enforcement arm of USPS.
In 2021, inspectors carried out 5,141 arrests and 3,784 convictions for postal crimes, including mail theft and mail fraud.
6. The U.S. Postal Service has no official motto.
The quote often thought to be its motto — "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" — is inscribed on the James A. Farley Post Office in New York City and comes from the ancient Persian historian Herodotus.
7. USPS generally receives no tax dollars, and funds itself through the sale of postage and other services.
8. Contrary to popular belief, the Pony Express was never officially a part of the U.S. Postal Service.
The official name of the Pony Express was the Overland Express Route.
9. The Breast Cancer Research semipostal stamp has raised more than $93.9 million for breast cancer research since 1998.
More than 1.09 billion stamps have been sold.
10. The Alzheimer’s semipostal has raised more than $1.2 million since 2017.
11. The Save Vanishing Species semipostal has raised more than $6.6 million since 2011.
More than 59.2 million Save Vanishing Species stamps have been sold.
12. The United Kingdom’s iconic red mail collection boxes are called pillar boxes.
After the 2012 London Olympics, pillar boxes in the hometowns of gold medalists were painted gold.
13. The United Nations has an agency called the Universal Postal Union that coordinates postal policy internationally.
14. If it were a private sector company, the Postal Service would rank 43rd in the 2021 Fortune 500.
In the 2021 Global Fortune 500 list, it ranked 123rd.
