MORRISTOWN — The lone attendant at a Gulf station in Morristown moves quickly and methodically, filling up tanks so cars and SUVs can be on their way to escape the heat.

But Abdelhak Alami, 48, can’t drive away from the sun, even though he spends most of his life avoiding it.

Alami is albino.

He worked today and Friday, in some of the hottest temperatures the state has ever seen, covered from head to toe. He wears a baseball cap, thick sunglasses, a long-sleeved shirt with the back collar pulled up to protect his neck, long pants and sandals to cover his pale skin.

“Sunscreen doesn’t help me,” he said.

Albinism occurs when a person's body is unable to produce or distribute melanin, a natural substance that gives color to hair, skin and the iris of the eye, because of a genetic defect, according to the National Institutes of Health. Lack of skin pigmentation makes those with the condition more susceptible to sunburn.

He says he’s lucky the gas station has a roof overhead, otherwise he doesn’t think he would last in this heat.

But the Morocco native says his home country is even hotter than this, and the weather is much drier. The humidity is worse in New Jersey, though, he said.

In the winter, Alami is just as covered, but with more layers. He says there’s always an increase in customers around holiday periods and vacations. Now, people are gearing up for weekends at the beach.

But the weather, sun or snow, doesn’t stop him — he’s used to this.

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“Cars have to be filled,” he said.

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