I want them to know that,” he told CNN affiliate WDIV.
Michigan is one of the hardest-hit states in the coronavirus pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University, with 10,791 cases and 417 deaths.
Marshall told The Detroit Free Press that he’d been saving the money to buy a knife-sharpening tool. His wife is an essential worker at Blue Cross Blue Shield, the paper reported, so he did the giveaway after he dropped her off at work.
The efforts announced by BP on Saturday follow a string of other moves made by the global oil and gas company in recent weeks to support coronavirus relief efforts across the world.