Americans made a frenzied grab for a bag of cash after more than $US100,000 ($110,247) tumbled out the back of an armoured truck onto a street in Ohio.People saw the cash blowing down the street in a Columbus suburb and a mad scramble for the greenbacks ensued.
"People were jumping out of their vehicles," one witness told NBC4 news.
"Like when you throw some fish in and you've got a school of piranhas and they haven't eaten for a long time. It was funny."
Another witness said people were laughing, smiling and taking as much as they could carry.
Workers at a nearby flower shop helped police gather the remaining money in boxes.
Many people later took some of the cash to the police station.
But only about $US10,500 ($11,582) was recovered by the end of the day, the Columbus Dispatch reported.
"We're hoping that more people do the right thing," an officer told the newspaper.
Police are examining surveillance camera video and photographs from cell phone cameras to try to track down people who grabbed the money.
I see nothing wrong with taxpayers reclaiming their bailout money. Hopefully they got all of it and now some bank executive will have to put off buying his third luxury yacht (boo hoo).