If you saw any coverage of the most recent Chicago Auto Show, it's likely you saw a pretty concept fire and rescue 2012 F-550 in the Ford display. What you probably don't know is that just a few months later it had been on display at a local Rodeo outside Houston when a seemingly unending series of tornados hit the area.
The New York Times has the full story of how this "concept" truck, built by a marketing company for Ford, got turned into a "reality" truck when people and lives in the near-by city of Arlington needed to be rescued. For the full story, click here.
