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Video: Hot jobs: Heavy bags, long walks, high heat for letter carriers

Video: Hot jobs: Heavy bags, long walks, high heat for letter carriers

Twenty of Donald Williamson’s close-to-three-decades in the mail carrying business have been spent at the USPS facility in Dallas’ Lakewood neighborhood.(Photo: WFAA)

DALLAS – Over the last three decades, the job title — mail carrier, mailman, and postal carrier, to name a few — has changed.

In 2015, it’s “letter carrier” and Donald Williamson is one of the best.

“I realized that my future was ahead of me and the post office was giving me the opportunity to provide for my family,” Williamson said.

Even with the temperature hovering around 100 degrees and with a 20-pound pack on his shoulder, the letter carrier is very hard to keep up with. He covers a lot of ground. Read more