Houston Chick-Fil-A employees gave away sandwiches to drivers trapped by Imelda's floodwaters

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When Tropical Storm Imelda unleashed dangerous flooding on Thursday, it was a simple 'random act of kindness' that helped dozens of Houston drivers trapped on I-45. Employees at Chick-Fil-A on Crosstimbers and I-45 came up with a heartfelt idea to take sandwiches to stranded drivers.

"We decided to do what's right, to bring a ray of sunshine to our customers," Store Manager, Jonathan Medina said.

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Medina said the employees took about 200-400 sandwiches over to families stuck on the highway.

"At around 10 a.m., we closed early. Once it started raining, the employees couldn't go home. After spending time inside the store, one employee had the idea to get sandwiches out to the drivers. And our operator decided to do what's right."

Medina added that after the employees helped all the stranded drivers, they "loved" what they did to help out.

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"One of my employees was telling me all about it. She had this sense of joy after helping out," Medina said.

According to Medina, it was the Crosstimbers Chick-Fil-A's franchise operator, Jean-Paul Alvarado who gave a green light on the generous idea to help Houstonians in need.

"We consider ourselves family here," Medina said.