TRUCKER GAVE AWAY LOAD OF PLYWOOD BEFORE IRMA

A Florida truck driver who gave away his load of plywood to those in need just before Hurricane Irma struck Florida was fired for his actions. Long-haul driver Tim McCrory was transporting 960 pieces of plywood to a Home Depot in Zephyrhills, Florida, on Sept. 8 when he blew a tire on his truck. Seven hours passed before he finally got the tire fixed and by the time he arrived at Home Depot, it was past 9 p.m. The store was closed and boarded up as a precaution as the storm rolled in. A police officer suggested giving the plywood to locals who could make good use of it before Irma hit. He said, “If I was in their situation, I’d want somebody to do that for me.” McCrory, along with about 20 officers, started unloading the sheets as the cops began calling local residents. The plywood ended up protecting about 150 houses. McCrory said that when he informed his superiors at Western Express what had happened, they told him, “We’re going to have to let you go” and that the plywood “wasn’t his to give away.”
* Shut your stupid pie hole and let Tim set up a GoFundMe account to pay you back. He’d also probably end up a millionaire.
* America used to write folk songs about heroes like this.
* “Let me tell ya ’bout a man who was fine and good / He’s Tim McCrory, and he brought the wood!”
* He could have blamed a gang of beavers. But no, he took the high road.
UPDATE: As of Friday evening, there were these developments:
– Western Express CEO Paul Wieck said Tim McCrory was not terminated, but quit.
– One of the people who received the plywood, Tracy Dillon Drew, launched a GoFundMe campaign to support McCrory’s family. The campaign raised $7,616 as of Friday afternoon.
– Western Express said the involved companies are writing off the cost of the plywood.