Donald Carver recouperates at Lake Mead Hospital Medical Center with his wife Maryellen and his son Pat. During a heart attack in his truck on May 8, Carver was 'saved' by a mailman who stopped to help.

Postman delivers more than mail to help dying man

Five weeks ago, Donald Carver was a dead man.

The 64-year-old truck driver from Denver was making a delivery at Cashman Equipment near Craig Road and Donovan Street on May 8 when he had a massive heart attack. No one knows exactly how long he laid behind his tractor trailer, but when letter carrier James Martin found him, Carver's face was a sickly blue.