Postal worker comes to rescue of UPS buddy attacked by dog

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A postal worker came to the rescue of a buddy on his route, a UPS employee, when a dog attacked him in the Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side on Friday morning, officials said.

The postal worker jumped on the dog, pulled the animal off the UPS worker and held on to it until help arrived, according to officials. The attack occurred about 10:30 a.m. in the 1900 block of North Cicero Avenue.

The UPS worker suffered injuries to his ear, head, forearm, hands and ankle, and underwent surgery at West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park, according to Dan McMackin, a spokesman for UPS.

He was "conscious and speaking after the attack," he said in an email. The man is 48 years old and has been with UPS since 1993, he said.

The postal worker was not seriously injured and declined a trip to the hospital, Langford said.

"He has some minor bumps and bruises and maybe a couple of scratches," said U.S. Postal Service spokesman Mark Reynolds.

He said the worker was on his normal route when he saw the UPS worker being attacked.

“They do look out for each other," Reynolds said of the two agencies.

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