Trace Arnold brings barbecue to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on April 23 after staff there sent food to a hospital in Texas. Arnold, second from left, runs the 3 Stacks Smoke & Tap House in Frisco, Texas.
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Arnold and his team flew to Boston carrying enough barbecue in coolers to feed 250 people. Delta Air Lines allowed them to fly for free with the food.
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Dr. Christopher Kabrhel had pizza delivered to Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco, Texas, which was treating patients from the deadly fertilizer plant explosion in nearby West.
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Doctors and nurses at Hillcrest signed their flag with encouraging messages for the Massachusetts General staff.
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Arnold gave this Texas flag, which he retired from his mobile smoker, to Kabrhel.
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Arnold, left, and Kabrhel had similar reasons for their acts of kindness. "You gotta help your neighbor," Arnold said -- even if that neighbor is more than 1,800 miles away.
