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LTHS Grad Gets Publicity In Wall Street Journal

He wins a fire truck while in college and talks about that with newspaper.

LA GRANGE, IL — Sean Robinson, a 2018 graduate of Lyons Township High School, is not a firefighter. But he owns a fire truck, something he has always wanted.

Robinson spoke about his ownership of the truck with a Wall Street Journal reporter for the newspaper's Car Ride feature. The piece ran last week.

He told the Journal that he bought $300 worth of tickets in a raffle for a fire truck while he was in college in McPherson, Kansas. He won.

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Robinson picked up the truck in Pennsylvania.

"In my last months of college, I used this truck as my daily driver. I’d drive it to my classes, or to go get coffee," Robinson told the newspaper.

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