(WWL.com) -- After 9/11, then-Louisiana Governor Mike Foster started the "Bucks for Trucks" campaign, where Louisianans donated money to purchase a new fire truck for the Fire Department of New York City. Enough money was raised to build four fire trucks at Ferrera Fire Apparatus in Livingston Parish.
Enough money was raised to build four fire trucks at Ferrera Fire Apparatus in Livingston Parish. Former owner Chris Ferrera says $1.2 million was raised, and all of the trucks are still in use 16 years later.
"Believe it or not, three are still in service with the city of New York," Ferrara said. "I was up there not too long ago and one of them was being serviced and it’s being used every day in the city of New York."
Ferrera says one truck was actually sent to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. It is currently in use by the Louisiana Fire Marshal’s Office.