A 13-year-old boy in West Virginia used his weekly allowance to purchase supplies for bagged lunches and handed them out to truck drivers at a stop near Morgantown.
“I have the money to go out and try to appreciate these drivers,” Logan Miller said in a video posted last week on Facebook. “They’ve done so much work for us. I go by one motto: If there’s no truck drivers out here, American would stop running.”
Miller said his father is a truck driver and worries that he might contract the coronavirus as he transports goods across the country.
“We don’t know if he’s going to get it or not,” Miller said. “He’s coming into rest areas … who knows … you don’t even know who has it.”
To show his gratitude for drivers such as his father, Miller said he decided to use his weekly allowance, usually about $50 a week, to go to the local Sam’s Club and purchase food to put in bag lunches and pass out to drivers.
“There’s an Uncrustable in there, chips, two Slim Jims, and crackers,” Miller said.
Last week, the American Trucking Association renewed a promise to keep food and other essentials stocked on shelves across the country during the coronavirus pandemic.
“Major national crises tend to expose underlying truths about society that otherwise go unnoticed during life’s regular routines,” the association said in a statement. “They reveal the individuals among us who are truly essential to upholding the high standard of living we’ve collectively come to expect. They remind us of America’s unsung heroes.”
President Trump mentioned efforts such as Miller’s during a press conference at the White House on Wednesday.
“Throughout this national emergency, everyday heroes continue to step forward and demonstrate the extraordinary character of our nation,” Trump said. “These inspiring Americans remind us that we all have a role to play in winning this great national battle.”
