A few days later, his father passed away. “He just thought it was the funniest thing he’d ever heard,” Bynum told Insider. He told his father in February about his idea. According to Insider, Bynum’s father was a “history buff who loved tanks.” He also suffered from Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. There was more to the tank than just wanting to make a prom entrance worthy of General Patton. That is until Bynum asked a girl named Mycah Chala to join their tank ride to the museum with a sign that read “I’d be tankfull if you went to prom with me!” Originally, the tank expedition was to be manned by only Bynum and Tetro, according to Oregon’s KPTV. “ the guy and within about 15 minutes we had a deal worked out,” he told KOIN. Someone at the museum did, however, connect Bynum to Steven Greenburg, a collector of military gear who was exactly the kind of man Bynum needed. He also called a museum in Oregon, but they didn’t have something he could use. All Bynum and his best friend, Sam Tetro, had to do was find a tank.īynum called a group in Minnesota that rents battle tanks “for films and stuff,” but the price was steep: $20,000. Indigenous Mother Forced to Remove Traditional Woven Baby Carrier at Portland Art MuseumĪccording to KOIN 6 News, a Portland-based CBS affiliate station, which first reported the story, Bynum’s idea to rent a tank came after he found out his school would set up a special parking lot for the students pulling up to the museum.
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