To the fallen, the office workers, the families; to the firemen, the first responders, the workers; to the the hole in the ground, the empty space in the sky, to the the gray miasma—here’s a free bowl of soup. Thanks Shoney’s. I can’t tell whether that’s incredibly tacky or deeply poetic. Either way, it’s free soup.

(Photo: samwilkinson.org) Note: The post originally credited Econolodge, but after speaking with the photographer more, we think it was actually Shoney’s, billed above on the same sign, dispensing the free soup. The picture was taken in Morgantown, West Virginia.

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