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Drone video shows extremely long lines for Second Harvest food distribution at Zephyr Field

METAIRIE – An extremely long line of vehicles filed into the parking lot of Zephyr Field for a Second Harvest Food Bank food distribution this afternoon.

The event began at 1 p.m. and lasted until 3 p.m. Organizers with Second Harvest say over 3,000 families received 113,000 pounds of food.

Drone video from the site shows a line of vehicles wrapped around the parking lot and along the side of Airline Highway.

Second Harvest has seen an explosion in demand for their services since the COVID-19 crisis began.