Dundalk family's USPS package with urn of late son delayed for nearly two weeks and counting
FACT LET THIS DUNDALK FAMILYIN FRONT OF YOU.
THEYTRAGICALLY LOSS THEIR SON AWEEK AFTER THANKSGIVING ANDTHEY SAY THEY STILL HAVEN'TBEEN ABLE TO PROPERLY SAYGOODBYE.
BECAUSE THEY ORDEREDAN URN FOR HIS ASHESONLINE...BUT THEY SAY IT'SBEEN DELAYED BY THE POSTOFFICE FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS.WMAR-2 NEWS RAY STRICKLANDJOINS US LIVE NOW AT THE POSTOFFICE DOWNTOWN.
AND RAY THISFAMILY REACHED OUT AFTERSEEING THE STORY YOU DID LASTNIGHT ABOUT THE TROUBLES ATTHE POST OFFICE.Yeah jaime, THE TRUCKS AREONCE AGAIN LINED UP OUTSIDE OFTHE MAIN POST OFFICE HEREWAITING TO UNLOAD AND PICKUPMAIL.
THE PANDEMIC HAS LED TOUSPS DELIVERY ISSUES ANDHEADACHES FOR A LOT OF PEOPLEBUT FOR THE FATHER WHOWAITING ON THIS URN...HE SAYSITOF HIS LIFE33 09“Iin my life" Steve Prodey sayshis Ryan suddenly passed way aweek after thanksgiving .
Hewas 29 years old.
Steveprodey, waiting on urn for son33 35“i canwords.
Its just hard tobelieve h“ The familyhas found it hard to cope withthe loss 33 00 this has beenthe worse two weeks of mylif““ His stepmother saysthey havenproperly lay him to rest Shesays itordered online on December 4thhas yet to arrive in the mail.“33:00 H”Howlong has it bee” kathiprodey, waiting on urn for son31 31 itknow a postal service we relyall we canurn” She showed us thetracking information where itsays she was supposed to getit on December 7th ITdays OVERDUE 35 12“wepick it up.
Just tell us wherei” WMAR-2 News viewersfrom Columbia to BaltImre havealso complained to us aboutmail issues On the USPSwebsite, it blames itstroubles on an unpredenctedamount of mail this holidayseason combined with staffingshortages due to the pandemicBut as much as Steve canunderstand he says 36 55“iunderstand that they're superbusy and i donjust blame the confusio“ Aspokesperson for USPS told MEthe postal service is hiringseasonal workers to addressthe delays The family hopeS itworks, because the wait hasalready been long enough 35 10deliver us our urn.
If we hadknow this was going to be anissue we would have PURChaseda generic urn to get us by.AND WE DID REACH OUT TO USPSABOUT THIS FAMILY'S PACKAGE.SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY'RELOOKING INTO THIS SITUATION,BUT KATHI DID SAY FOR THEFIRST TIME TODAY, THEY GOT AUPDATED DELIVERY DATE...WHICHSAID IT SHOULD ARRIVE TOMORROWNEW BREAKING DETAILS IN OURFIGHT AGAINST COVI
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