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Collected Item: “Abner Bonilla Oral History, 2020/03/26”

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Essential People Project: Abner Bonilla

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Interview

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As part of Everyday Boston's Essential People Project, Aunnesha Bhowmick interviews Abner Bonilla, a Roslindale mail carrier. Abner describes what it's like to deliver mail to more than 1,000 people during a pandemic, including his concerns about the lack of social distancing; his worry for his elderly customers; and the outpouring of gratitude he and other mail carriers have gotten.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=lp4fsCapdYg&feature=emb_title

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Everyday Boston

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2020-03-26
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