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Postal worker saves man who fell, will spend Thanksgiving with him

“Whatever emergency he was going through, we were going to go through it together,” said Jaylen Lockhart, a USPS employee.

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Jaylen Lockhart, 26, a U.S. postal worker in Aurora, Illinois, recently rescued a 75-year-old man who fell while walking his dog. (Jaylen Lockhart)
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Jaylen Lockhart, a U.S. postal worker in Aurora, Illinois, was driving on his regular route when he spotted a man in his rearview mirror who seemed wobbly.

“He seemed to be walking off-balance,” said Lockhart, 26. Then suddenly, “he fell and hit his head…he faceplanted on the ground.”

Lockhart turned on his hazard lights and did a sharp U-turn. He sprinted toward the man, Guy Miller, 75, who was on a walk with his dog, Bentley, when he fell.