Postal Workers Irate at Sympathetic Note Sent to Killer’s Grave
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IRVING, Tex. — A floral arrangement purporting to represent “the letter carriers of Irving, Texas” sent to the grave of Patrick Henry Sherrill, who killed 14 fellow postal workers and himself, has infuriated the real Irving postal workers.
The note accompanying the spray of red carnations placed on Sherrill’s grave read: “From those who understood what he went through as a carrier. No one will ever know how far he was pushed to do what he did.”
The note referred to problems Sherrill had been having at work.
Authorities believe that Sherrill’s shooting rampage Thursday was triggered by a superior’s warning that he would have to improve his work record or be fired.
Charlie Swanson, president of the National Assn. of Letter Carriers of Irving said Sunday that he had no idea who sent the flowers.
“Someone has gone up there and misrepresented us. I don’t like this kind of nonsense,” Swanson said. “Whoever did it was sick.”
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