Posted on 09/01/2019 5:28:19 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
FULL TITLE: 'I tried calling her name': Sister of USPS worker killed in Texas shooting was on phone with her during attack
The postal worker who was killed in a Texas shooting over the weekend was on the phone with her twin sister during her final moments.
USPS identified Mary Granados, 29, as the employee who lost her life when the gunman hijacked her mail truck toward the end of her shift in Odessa on Saturday. Her sister Rosie heard her scream over the phone as the shooter approached.
"It was very painful," she told CNN on Sunday. "I just wanted to help her and I couldn't. I thought she had got bite by a dog or something. I tried calling her name, and she wouldn't answer."
She added that their family, who moved to the area when the twins were 14 years old, is struggling to process the tragedy.
"We are all broken. We are all suffering about this," she said. "She was a very beautiful person. She was very friendly and was always smiling."
According to the Postal Service, Granados was alone in the vehicle when she was shot. USPS's law enforcement arm is working closely with other agencies investigating the shooting.
"The Postal Service is shocked and saddened by the events that occurred yesterday in the Midland-Odessa area. We are especially grieving the loss of our postal family member and we continue to keep her family in our thoughts," the Postmaster General and CEO said in a statement on Sunday.
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So now! The floodgates open...
Don’t recall reading any tear-jerker stories in the media about any of the victims who lost their lives in the Las Vegas shooting (59 killed, 500 hurt). Seems like nobody cared much about them, even tho they were probably Trump supporters.. But here we have a young Latina and quasi-governmental employee who probably didn’t vote for Trump so all the correct boxes have been checked.
You do know why they are doing this don't you?
It’s working there are freepers agreeing that big tech crooks should decide which citizens have the right to protect themselves. Trump has succeeded in initiating more gun control than obama. And he is calling for more.
Future victim's sister: "Her last words after the Trump supporter shot her, as she gasped into the cell phone were 'Tell mama I'm sorry for not being a better daughter and, and, we need,we need gun control...." Then her phone dropped to the floor.
The shaming and guilt trips start now, Frank. Get ready for it.
...ouch....! that one hurt....! but I just read on one of the other gazillion web sites I visit regularly (none are liberal...!),that the shooter in Odesses “used an AR-style” weapon..... oh, boy.... just wait for it.... yet more calls from our dim-bulbed Congress-critters to ban those nasty AR-type “assault weapons”.....
Just imagine for a moment if
she were trained and armed
to deal with life threatening
situations such as this. She
may have been able to save 20+
lives, not including her own.
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