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"Of course, &amp;nbsp;many were enjoying the Labor Day holiday with a day off from work.  \n\nFirst responders, though don't have that luxury, as they are out protecting the community they serve.\n\nBut thanks, to one restaurant chain, that day of work was made a bit more enjoyable.  \n\nFor the firefighters at Savannah Fire Station 11, all Labor Day meant was simply another day at the office.  \n\n&amp;nbsp;Being in the middle of a 24-hour shift, it also means, it's sometimes difficult to get a meal.  \n\n&amp;nbsp;That's where, Olive Garden comes in.. They continued their Labor Day tradition of delivering free meals to first responders with a meal fit for a king.  \n\n\"Really appreciate it, the community doing something for us,\" said Robert Caperton, Savannah Firefighter, Station 11. \"We do what we can and they do what they can to help us.\" Lot of times we'll get busy right in the middle of cooking, right in the middle of eating to have the food catered to us, we don't have to worry about cooking either meal.\"  \n\nThis is the 15th year, Olive Garden has been delivering theses meals to first responders on Labor Day and they say, it's the least they can do.  \n\n\"We like to be able to give back to the guys that really just give of themselves day in and day out,\" said David Humphus, Manager, Abercorn St. Olive Garden. \"They really do protect us, keep us safe, do the things that only they can do, we really just wanted to show our appreciation for what they do for us.\"  \n\nThese meals are very timely for the firefighters, especially in light of their tremendously busy day Friday dealing with Tropical&amp;nbsp;Storm Hermine.  \n\n\"We had twice as many people working,\" added Robert Caperton. \"We had more call than I&amp;nbsp;have ever had, so we were busy all day with structure fires, downed power lines, blown transformers, bunch of stuff.\"  \n\nSince Olive Garden started this Labor Day tradition in 2002, they've served more than 10,000&amp;nbsp;meals to first responders.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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