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After all, this was an emergency.
"Well I mean, World Central Kitchen, we are an emergency organization," said the famous chef and restauranteur, whose organization provides free meals during times of crises. "I don’t think anybody would disagree that this is a bit of an emergency."
After pro-Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the district and surrounding areas instituted a 6 p.m. curfew, and the city effectively shut down.
"A simple, traditional thing like feeding people disappeared," Andrés said. "On a very difficult day, they weren’t going to receive anything. So we activated World Central Kitchen that day to precisely cover those needs and since then we’ve done thousands of meals every day, as you see."