Car Wash Owner’s Dying Wish to Shower the Streets with Money from a Helicopter Comes True

“There was no fighting, none of that. It was really beautiful,” an employee at the car wash said

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  • A Detroit car wash owner wished before his death that he could shower the streets with money
  • On Friday, June 27, the same day as his funeral, his wish was fulfilled
  • A helicopter dropped an estimated thousands of dollars in East Detroit

One man’s final wish was to show his community love with a cash drop from the sky.

On Friday, June 27, around 1 p.m., in East Detroit, the man’s last request was fulfilled when a helicopter dropped thousands of dollars in cash onto pedestrians in the area of Gratiot Avenue and Conner Street, the Detroit News reports.

Lisa Knife, an employee at Airport Express Lube & Service, told the outlet that the late owner of a nearby car wash had made the money drop his last wish. She said he died of Alzheimer’s Disease…

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