SEATTLE - The lines began forming at 5 a.m. Food bank recipients waited anxiously for the doors to open and this time there was enough food to go around.
"What an incredible difference 48 hours has made. Unbelievable!" said Executive Director Sam Osborne.
Osborne said it almost feels too good to be true. Two days ago things looked bleak. He said thieves stole most of the Thanksgiving meals.
"The news just spread like crazy like lightning and the community has responded in a way that is so profoundly deep and generous," said Osborne.
Rose Hesselbrock drove from the north end of town and donated several bags of food. She says it's the least she could do.
"We have jobs and a nice house and we felt like it was a good opportunity to give back to the community," she said.
There were small donations, and big ones too. Eleven thousand dollars worth of food was donated from Walmart and PCC Market.
Osborn says it's nothing short of a miracle.
"I really do feel like George Bailey at the end of 'It's a Wonderful Life' where all of a sudden something that seems so horrible has turned into something that is almost miraculous," he said.
The food bank served about 500 people today. Osborne said the food bank now has more food than it had before the break-in.
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