News 10NBC Pittsford couple buys fire truck on Ebay for remote African hospitalNews 10NBCThe couple raised $20000 and bought the fire truck on Ebay. "Where would you go to buy a fire truck?" Diann Conquest asked me. "I have no idea. Ebay sounds good," I said. "That's what I thought," …
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