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WEBVTT FIRST PLACE. KENNY: HAPPENING NOW, A STORY OF A HERO IN A BROWN BOX TRUCK. BRIANA A UPS DRIVER IS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS QUICK THINKING THAT MAY HAVE SAVED A MAN’S LIFE. OUR ELAYNE HAS THE STORY FROM ASHE COUNTY. MALLOR -- MALLORY LANE HAS THE STORY FROM ASHE COUNTY. MALLOR FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, HE HAS DELIVERED PACKAGES TO 80 CUSTOMERS A DAY. AND HE HAS MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY. TO HOLLAND, THE JOB IS PERSONAL. >> WE DO DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS WITH PEOPLE. MALLORY: IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR CUSTOMERS TO CHAT WITH HIM AND THAT IS WHAT ONE ELDERLY MAN DOES EACH TIME HOLLAND STOPS BY. >> HE ALWAYS GREETS US ON THE BACK PORCH WITH A SMILE AND A HIGH. -- AND A HI. MALLORY: HE WASN’T GREETED LIKE NORMAL AND NOTICED THE LAST PACKAGE HE LEFT THE FRIDAY BEFORE WAS STILL SITTING OUTSIDE. HE KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. >> I STARTED BEATING ON THE DOOR AND HOLLERING HIS NAME. I TRIED THE DOOR AND IT WAS UNLOCKED. I OPENED THE DOOR AND STUCK MY HEAD I. HE WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR. MALLORY: HE CALLED 911 AND STAYED WITH THE MAN UNTIL HELP ARRIVED. THE MAN HAD BEEN ON THE GROUND FOR DAYS, UNABLE TO GET UP. >> I JUST WISH I COULD HAVE FOUND HIM FRIDAY. CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE SAID THAT IT WAS NOT IN GOD’S PLAN FOR ME TO FIND HIM FRIDAY. IT WAS HIS PLAN FOR ME TO FIND HIM YESTERDAY. MALLORY: HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO THE MAN CENTS BUT HE IS MAKING SURE THE DOG AT HOME ARE TAKING CARE OF -- TAKEN CARE OF. >> A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE THAT WE DELIVER TO IN RURAL AREAS, WE MIGHT BE THE ONLY PEOPLE THEY SEE DURING THE WEEK. IF Y REALIZE THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG, CHECK IT OUT. IT PROBABLY IS. MALLOR AT LAST CHECK, THE MANNA STILL I

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A Wilkes County UPS driver is being hailed a hero for his quick thinking that may have saved a man’s life.Todd Holland delivers packages to customers in the Crumpler community of Ashe County. Tuesday, he dropped a package off at an elderly man’s home and noticed the last package he left on Friday was still sitting outside. That’s when Holland said he knew in his gut something wasn’t right.“I started beating on the door, hollering his name, calling the house again,” Holland said. “I tried the door and it was unlocked, so I opened the door and stuck my head in. That’s when I saw him, laying in the floor.”Holland said he called 911 and stayed with the man until help arrived. He later learned that the man had been on the ground for days, unable to get up.“I just wish I could have found him Friday,” Holland said. “A close friend of mine said it was just not in God’s will to find him Friday, that God has got a plan for everything and it was his plan for me to find him yesterday.”Holland hasn’t been able to talk to the man since but has helped to make sure his dog and home are taken care of. He wants this to be a lesson to fellow UPS drivers, too.“I made it a point to tell the guys at work this morning, if you deliver to people – and a lot of people that we deliver to, especially in these rural areas, us, the FedEx man and the mail man might be the only people they see during the week. I told them, if you realize and get a gut feeling that something is wrong, check it out. It probably is.”At last check on Wednesday, the man is still in the hospital in fair condition.