Kicker: A missing cup of gumbo

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NICK EICHER, HOST: Every day around 11 at the Shrimp Basket in Pensacola, Florida, the door would swing open and in walked a loyal customer for his usual: a cup of gumbo. Cook Donnell Stallworth, as usual, happy to oblige. Audio from WEAR-TV News:

STALLWORTH: Order up! He said he don’t want no green onions on that, right? That’s how we do it.

But one week, the old man didn’t show up. So Stallworth thought he’d better check in. He drove to the man’s house, knocked on the door, and heard a faint call for help.

Inside he found the man had fallen and was in bad shape.

Thankfully, now the old man is recovering, and Stallworth plans to check in more:

STALLWORTH: …and see how he doing, put that smile back on his face and probably bring him a thing of gumbo. (laughs)

Just what the doctor ordered.

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