"Officials at the 9/11 memorial preview site were stunned when they opened one of the donation boxes Tuesday night and instead of the usual pile of change and crumpled singles, they found $10,000 in crisp bills clearly left by a single person.
'I was home watching the Yankee game when I got a call from the preview center's manager. She asked me if I was sitting down,' recalled Joe Daniels, president of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
'We just found $10,000 in the donation box,' Daniels was told.
Daniels said officials have no idea who left the pile of 99 100-dollar bills and five 20s, or why they did it without any recognition -- or even a receipt that could be used for a tax deduction."
I'm sorry, but I love these kinds of stories. Quiet, simple decency.
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