Postal Worker Keith McVey Delivers CPS Along with Mail

Akron, Ohio USPS employee Keith McVey recently saved a man's life while on his mail route -- his third rescue in his time with the Postal Service.

By Kathryn Hawkins. Posted on July 16 2010

Flickr Creative Commons image by qnr

Dodging vicious dogs, delivering heavy packages, and giving CPR to an unconscious man—it’s all in a day’s work for Keith McVey, a postal worker from Akron, Ohio.

During his 29 years of service to the US Postal Service, McVey has saved lives three times, including most recently to a young man who was unconscious and unresponsive.

When McVey came to the door, he saw another man trying to rouse the victim, with no luck. “His color was real bad. His lips started to turn blue. I knew he was having serious problems,” McVey told AOL News.

McVey had learned life-saving techniques during his time with the Air Force, but he hadn’t practiced CPR in 30 years. Nonetheless, he didn’t hesitate in attempting to rescue the man, and within several minutes, the victim was breathing again.

But that wasn’t McVey’s only act of heroism: 20 years ago, he rescued a boy who’d jumped into a snowbank, alerting neighbors for help.

And two years ago, he spotted a 13-year-old girl struggling in a lake, on the verge of drowning.

“I swam out and as I got to her, she grabbed on to me. We both went under water for a while,” McVey said. “I did the backstroke ... until we got back to shore. That was that. It was just another one of those—at the right place at the right time.”

And after rescuing the girl, he went straight on with his mail delivery route—soaking wet.

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