Illinois town donates fire engine to Ukraine

A rural city of 6,000 people in Illinois decided to donate one of their fire engines to Ukraine. It arrived last week in Mykolaiv, making it the first American fire engine in the war-torn country. NBC News’ Maggie Vespa spoke with the town’s fire chief and a local hospital executive about the engine’s journey.
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[@nick_vash]

Thank you Chillicothe! I'm from Ukraine, Kharkiv I have always been wandering what if we had American fire engines here in Ukraine. They look so cool! I hope this engine will serve good in Micolayev.

[@irynawilson1002]

Thank you Chillicothe for you kind and caring hearts and for this amazing lifesaving gift!

[@Gingerman_d]

You guys are very welcome. As a citizen of the town.

[@kushpatel8968]

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[@Gingerman_d]

@@user-kh7yh3we9l I’m not a bot but you can believe what you want

[@irynawilson1002]

@@user-kh7yh3we9l No actually I'm from Canada and love the United States with the exception of the former fat guy and his clan.

[@user-zp8sp4hj3d]

Bravo! More like this please! Slava Ukraine! Bless America!

[@kushpatel8968]

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[@paw-za-tivepooch4508]

Touching story

[@dominict9418]

AWESOME NEWS GUYS. WELL DONE.

[@bantheblue]

Do you realize how many fire trucks there are that could be donated? There could literally be 500 sent a week and it wouldn't hurt any department here

[@peace-to-the-world]

Bless all who make good to another ones Kyiv, Ukraine

[@smorris281]

Nothing beats American fire apparatus!

[@righteousbyfaithinChrist]

How awesome is that!!!!

[@charleskielmarshall9548]

Illinois has always been up for helping worthwhile causes and endeavors.. go Peoria!

[@kushpatel8968]

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[@yourallsinners1]

👎

[@charleskielmarshall9548]

@@yourallsinners1 😘

[@robertm7120]

That’s right 😊, we are FAMILY !!! Those are our brothers & sisters over there who fight the invaders with everything they got !! They want to live in PEACE and with the FREEDOM to choose their own path !!!! We MUST be as STRONG & BRAVE as they are and stand up for what they need over there !! We MUST show our will to our representatives and PUSH them in the RIGHT direction !!!!!! And REMEMBER America 🇺🇸, we did NOT win our own independence without help from other nations 😊. Thank you France 🇫🇷, Spain 🇪🇸, and the Netherlands 🇳🇱 🙏 ( just to name a few 😊). 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@js6728]

Rocket ship delivery of monetary values, it’s for the tenants. The dollar may not be worth much, or monetary values of other forms or currency, those are. Finding love for wild and domestic animals, finding joy in growing, and handing them for. Capable of doing what you can, to have more enjoyment, “terrariums” benefits of plant growth, for your own growths.

[@XMrW4lkerX]

Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@cxvdg]

waste money and tax residents.

[@diatribe1194]

BRAVO.

[@thinkerly1]

Hats off to the people of Chillicothe!

[@js6728]

Incidental, until intentional. That does happen, as the world goes along, the first times we found others the same as us, those things are not issues.

[@randallhoover210]

Awesome!

[@alexhidel3732]

That is going to do a lot of good, should send them some water pistols 🔫 also

[@TheeRomantic]

Don't be crying about funds in the next few years bud

[@dominict9418]

How many Generac generators have been donated to Ukraine by our manufacturers?

[@superjaded1738]

Cool

[@themanonmars]

Hopefully they are donating pistol braces and "a salty weapon"

[@dannyjeffery8005]

Home

[@ludakapkina9308]

they show the road for the weapons to ukraine.

[@Birdy-by9cg]

Why they got 100 million package again

[@EduardoOliveira-e8c]

WHY DOWN DONATES ?

[@you2angel1]

AWESOME! Sharing °~•.☆.•~°

[@bigblue1287]

Does that Include shipping? 🤔 Tax Dollars are paying for that.. 😉

[@thinkerly1]

Every dollar that helps to stop Putin is a dollar well spent.

[@yourallsinners1]

Why not donate to the u.s. ? Or that doesn't make you feel right

[@ericboydston90]

War is too important to be left to the generals..

[@alexhidel3732]

Yes, politicians like Biden should make decisions, he is brilliant

[@ericboydston90]

Ahhh yes the greatest story ever told

[@ericboydston90]

@@alexhidel3732but who really knows

[@ericboydston90]

😳

[@katieturner5786]

Omg a flood is here? Or did I do wrong one lol

[@rustyshackleford9456]

Did the tax payers who paid for those fire engines get any say in this? We've already sent them over 100 billion dollars. I'm sure there are counties in this country that could've used those.

[@ding9633]

As someone whose taxes helped pay for that very engine, I didn't even know about it til I saw it on the news.

[@davemathews7890]

@@ding9633 "whose taxes" And the beauty of the internet is that anyone can claim anything, including lying about being from the same town that is donating a fire truck.

[@flyingspaghettimonster1912]

it's easy for someone who isn't fighting for their freedom to say something like that. Especially when you're behind a screen and well feed with processed garbage.

[@davemathews7890]

@@flyingspaghettimonster1912 It's more of a symbol than practical help. It's going to cost a lot of money to transport a 25 ton fire truck halfway around the world into an active war zone.

[@ding9633]

@@davemathews7890 Fine, don't believe me. You can ask other Chillicothe residents and you'll find many had the same experience.

[@nickgoulet4732]

Did you happen to think about any of the rural departments in America that could have used that more then the most corrupt European country of Ukraine? I really hope everyone has a chance in the town to vote.... That is bogus

[@ding9633]

I live there. There was no vote. I didn't even know about this all until I saw it on the news. 😢

[@josepha9184]

At this point won’t y’all go too Ukraine and sacrifice y’all Iives😂

[@Zoubirking-1970]

Long life and GLORY to powerful RUSSIA 🇷🇺 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺PUTIN 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 those fire engine 🚒 will burn 🔥 in Uk 🇬🇧 rain 🌧

[@youngepstein7691]

Gonna end Up in zelinskis private luxury Car garage

[@dissolverussia4842]

Get rid of that z looking thing on the side of the fire truck.