A mail carrier lost everything in the Eaton Fire. Along his route, people are rallying for him

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A mail carrier lost everything in the Eaton Fire. Along his route, people are rallying for him
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If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less.For nearly 40 years, U.S. Postal Service mail carrier Thomas Carter has treated his job as as a community service. Along his route in Pasadena , he knows everyone’s names, asks about their children, knows who’s remodeling and, for some of them during the pandemic, was their only in-person contact.

Yet Carter is already back to delivering mail to the residents whose homes survived the hopscotch of destruction. It's been heartening, he said, to come back and see how people respond.“You get used to talking to coworkers and talking to people on the route about their lives, and so you know some of the things you have in common and you talk about some of these things,” Carter said.

Carter’s family evacuated to a hotel in Rosemead, later learning that they lost their home. The car he was restoring was a hollow, burned out shell.

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