Who Is Doug Hughes? Inside the Mind of the Mailman Who Flew to Washington

By M. Alex Johnson – April 16, 2015 Doug Hughes wouldn’t like this story. After all, the Florida letter carrier who landed a gyro-copter at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday has long insisted that his message — not he — is what’s important: “I’m just delivering the mail.” Hughes, 61, of Ruskin, Florida, piloted his…

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Special deliveries: Rural letter carrier writes book of experiences

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor a bear or other crazy experiences has kept Jesse Lee Hatfield from delivering the mail — they just motivated him to write a book. “I love being a rural mail carrier,” Hatfield said. The 55-year-old lives in Conway, but he has delivered mail for 23 years for the Greenbrier Post…

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