The wife answers the door to find a gigantic flower arrangement delivery. After getting the arrangement in the door, both read the attached card. We have paid off your mortgage. During the 1995 Christmas holidays, Donald Trump and Marla Maples find themselves marooned in their stretch limo with a flat tire on a busy stretch of New Jersey highway. Finally, a passing motorist spots the limo in distress and offers to help the chauffeur change the tire.
Driver says, sure.
Before the re-tired limo rolls off, the darkened window rolls down and an effusive Trump asks what he and his wife can do to repay the favor. Just send my wife a big bouquet of flowers, says the guy, handing Trump a card with his wife's name and their address. Speaking plainly, we have an unsubstantiated rumor of celebrity good-deeding being spread by those who work for the fellow who's getting the publicity. The legend of the good Samaritan, the disabled car, and the celebrity's generosity has been told of others over the years. It's a classic windfall legend.