WARRENTON, Va. - Five days after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, a Virginia man showed up in Biloxi, Miss., with a truckload of generators, chain saws and gasoline that he gave to residents who'd been left powerless. Then he gave the truck to Biloxi's devastated fire department.
"I never did see him," Fire Chief Dave Roberts said.
The donor told Roberts' deputy only that his auto dealership had had a good year and that he wanted to pass along his good fortune. The sticker price on the big new Chevy 4500 Duramax diesel was $53,000.
Donor Andy Budd, traced to Country Chevrolet in Warrenton with the help of the truck's ownership transfer records, said he preferred to give anonymously. "When there's publicity," he said, "some people figure that the only reason you did it was to sell a car."
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