Houston Bands Together to Help First Responders

Kristel Meadows is not usually the type of person who breaks the rules. In fact, the 35-year-old mother of four might be the last person you'd expect to flout Houston's citywide curfew. But at 11 p.m. last Tuesday night, an hour after the mandatory curfew went into effect, Meadows heard that firefighters who had come from Garland, Tex., as first responders had been wearing the same muddy clothes for days. They needed laundry done, and they needed it done by midnight.