Hemmed in by rising floodwaters, the bakers had no choice but to hunker down among El Bolillo’s ovens and its now-empty display cases. What Alvarado didn’t know was that the four bakers trapped inside the bakery would grow restless. El Bolillo’s owner attempted to rescue the workers Sunday but was turned around by police, Alvarado said. “That’s when we took the image and they had made so much bread,” Alvarado said. “They just couldn’t handle the stress and they needed to do something, so they just made bread,” Alvarado said.

Source: Washington Post August 31, 2017 15:13 UTC