"People

are putting $5, $10, even $20 bills into the bucket. This is unbelievable,"

said Cyndee Haney, who drives bus 203.

Bus driver

Virginia Couch had the idea to rally the drivers to help raise funds to

assist those who had worked hard to save many lives during the terrorist

attack on the World Trade Center.

"They

[firefighters] are community servants and so are we. They have truly served

their community and country well and we as bus drivers can do the same

Approximately

35 drivers answered Couch's call to help. To show their spirit, the drivers

decorated two school buses with American flags and red, white and blue

streamers and placed them around the square to help promote their efforts.

Proceeds raised

were turned over to the Fayette County Fire Department. The money will

be combined with the department's fund-raising efforts for the firefighters

in New York City