Glad to know that snopes article is there so I don't have to dig up the word doc with the story on that pic.  Basically the same story snopes had.  I got the pic and story honestly (virally/forwarded email) circa 2000 when I was living in the DC area.  
Cool to see the newspaper stuff, hadn't seen that before.  
BTW I missed the original Chad story - what happened?  Unsecured mdf in a pickup truck bed?