CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A Tennessee Olive Garden covered the $800 bill Friday for the track team from a Kentucky high school where a deadly shooting took place in January.
The Marshall County High School was in town for a competition and stopped at the Olive Garden for dinner, according to The Tennessean.
A manager noticed the team and called his boss in Atlanta, who OK’d waiving the $789.26 bill.
"They were super," manager Bill Funderburk told The Tennessean. "They were just so appreciative. Some of the greatest kids you ever met. They all were giving me handshakes and high-fives and hugs. That gave us joy to see them having fun."
Y’all I can’t even right now... The track team just went to Olive Garden in Chattanooga in preparation for our meet...
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Two of the team’s athletes were injured in the Jan. 23 shooting. One of the victims is back and competing on the team.
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