12 Crazy Things Athletes Have Done with Their Money

6) Nelson Cruz Purchased A Fire Truck                        (6 of 12)

6) Nelson Cruz Purchased A Fire Truck                        (6 of 12)

You would think what Nelson Cruz would do with a fire truck. Perhaps, make his childhood dream of owning and driving a fire truck one day come true.

But, that was not Cruz’s reason to own a truck. His reasons for owning one were charitable. Growing up in the poor area of the Dominican Republic, the people there did not have a fire truck or an ambulance.

He gifted his hometown with a brand new red fire truck.