Homestead RCA Rescues Toddlers

On Saturday, November 16, Homestead Rural Carrier Amber Maldonado was delivering mail when she spotted two toddlers in diapers wandering from their driveway onto the road.  Immediately, she secured the mail and her vehicle, and then ran to the small children.  She recognized both children, but there was no answer at the door of their residence.  Maldonado contacted her supervisor, Gareth Scott, to advise him of the situation.  Then she called the police. 

Maldonado remained with the children, calming and caring for them as they were frightened and too small to know their own home.  When the Homestead Police arrived, they took charge of the children, and Maldonado stayed on scene until the children's guardians were located.  Maldonado then acted as translator between the police and the guardians.

“Without a doubt, her decisive action and caring attitude protected two infants in harm’s way,” said Scott.  “She may very well have saved their lives as no one was aware they were even missing.  Amber showed the very best of the Postal Service by doing her moral and civic duty.”

Maldonado was grateful that she was in the right place at the right time to help the children.

“Several people had passed by and did nothing to help,” Maldonado said.  “I helped because it was the right thing to do, but I’m a humble person, not a hero.”