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Hundreds attend vigil at former Hooters: A mix of smiles and tears (wchstv.com)

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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The article is a bit of a roller coaster:

a vigil for the former Hooters restaurant in Kanawha City started as a joke.

Ok. Tracks.

"I started out coming in to get a job and it became so much more because I met so many life long friends and my co-workers," former Hooters employee Danielle Hughart said.

Oh. Ok. That's nice.

The vigil began as a joke between friends gained traction on social media and attention from international news outlets.

It's a joke again.

"One of our close friend's daughters, she was just diagnosed with a very, very rare disease and it's very serious. If she don't get help then she's not going to be with us much longer," Browning said.

WHAT?

People from South Carolina drove through the night, because they said they didn't want to miss this 'one-in-a-lifetime event.'

No, wait, what about the girl who needs help?