Photos: Vehicles line up before dawn for San Antonio food bank

The Labor Department said Thursday 6.6 million people applied for first time unemployment benefits. The Labor Department said Thursday 6.6 million people applied for first time unemployment benefits. Photo: William Luther Photo: William Luther Image 1 of / 39 Caption Close Photos: Vehicles line up before dawn for San Antonio food bank 1 / 39 Back to Gallery

Thousands of vehicles lined up before dawn Thursday to seek aid from the San Antonio Food Bank.

The agency fed about 10,000 households at a South Side flea market amid the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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"It was a rough one today," said Food Bank president and CEO Eric Cooper after the largest single-day distribution in the nonprofit's 40-year history. "We have never executed on as large of a demand as we are now."

Express-News photographers William Luther and Kin Man Hui captured the scene Thursday. above are their photos.