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All over descended on the city to guard against unprecedented security threats. gum tong owns pete s diner, she remembers the first time she saw them. we the soltdier standing there, in the frozen rain, sleet, and cold, below 30 degrees and anybody with a common sense will feel like can i offer them a nice warm coffee or something. tong says she gave them a few breakfast sandwiches on her dime, it grew from there, a lot. from 2, 3 sandwich it become 2, 300 t become 5, 600, down on the road. it just took off. people started finding out and donating. some regulars, some tong never met. even the followers of a popular q-anon influencer joined in, feeding troops, apparently something everyone can agree on. look at this wonderful note they sent, like they give us a similar paycheck, the whole ....
Paycheck $600 for the food. look at you, honey, you re crying. customer danyell carter couldn t hold back tears. we re going to be better, to take care of each other. yes ma am. retired navy captain filllip bush is a pete s regular, he donated more than a thousand dollars to help feed troops. this is the closest thing to home cookk, i believe, that they can get bns if i can cook and feed you, then do i that. that is my job. tong says at this diner in the shadow of the seat of democracy, there s always a seat for these troops. debra alfarone, cbs news, washington. duncan: and just to think it started with one person. straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, covid s hardest hit victims getting help on the road to recovery. also battery powered planes could took us to new heights in the future. and she s back, simone biles returns with a bang and an ....