Local restaurant aids community after Michigan church attack

The Manila Times

Local restaurant aids community after Michigan church attack  Alex Eidy wasn’t at his restaurant in Grand Blanc, Michigan, when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—about a half mile down the street—was attacked and set on fire during Sunday service. But after employees at his business, Taboon Middle Eastern Cuisine, reported hearing gunshots and seeing smoke, Eidy sent help for the victims to a nearby meeting point. Authorities said the attacker opened fire and set the building ablaze, killing four people. Eight others were wounded, and officials said everyone else had been accounted for. Right after the attack, Eidy sent a staffer to ask what people needed. The answer came back: food. He packed up meals and delivered them, then fired up the grill for another round. Others showed up with donations too—a spontaneous line of neighbors stepping in without being asked.   REUTERS VIDEO   Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net  Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  Soundcloud: https://tmt.ph/soundcloud   #themanilatimes #tmtnews #worldnews

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00:00we are like half a mile you know away from the church you know just down the

00:13street I was not here in the morning you know I was home and I received a phone

00:20call from one of my employees they said we hear the shooting we could hear it

00:27and they saw the smoke and they sent me a picture of it too you know that's a

00:35smoke was coming out the church when it did did start you know like before 11

00:44o'clock even very surprised because Grand Blanc it's a very safe area I want to

00:55take a chance a moment to say thank you for the policeman in this area they do

01:01a great great great job from top to bottom you know honestly in the city too

01:09they are on top of everything it even if it had something like that it does

01:15happen when you see the community the human the human together you know the

01:22community together that will make it easy no matter what it is you know yes we

01:29are gonna gonna see maybe help we don't see this anymore you know but you never

01:34know you know but honestly what I saw yesterday when I when the girl called me

01:41I asked him what's going on what happened they said they moved everybody to the

01:46trillium it's a movie theater I asked one of my employee to go over there and see

01:53what they need and she went there and they asked her for some food they took some and

02:00when I got here I made another trip and I made another mail for them like for

02:07everybody and I saw other people brought up something and that's very very nice

02:13you know you know united community you know to deal with

02:17from the chicken we were cooking in front of you

02:22real fresh chicken

02:28I'm gonna go they told me they move it to Warwick service for couple I'm gonna go

02:47right now you know check see what if they need anything you know we are there for

02:54them whatever they need we are there for them

03:24you

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