After Pope Francis left town, thousands of bottles of donated water, meant for attendees of the Papal visit, remained.
Wawa donated two and a half million bottles of water for the Papal visit.
On Monday morning, people began loading up their cars bright and early with the leftover water that was stacked and untouched.
“My husband said let’s take the truck because we have senior citizens that are sick and can’t get out,” Karen Brown of Philadelphia told NBC10.
Eloina Perez told NBC10 she is donating the water bottles to her church.
"We all should be united, love each other and do things right,” Perez said.
Philadelphia police had to keep order, with drivers pulling over and stopping in the streets.
“Just give back because you never know when you may be in a situation when someone may need to help you. So Philadelphia, lend a helping hand if you can,” Gabrielle Crosby said.
Police say they didn’t want people taking the bottles until after 6 p.m., though some clearly couldn’t wait for a taste of some of the “holy water.”
“It's holy. It's anointed and I'm going to drink it down in Jesus' name and say thank you. God bless you Pope!” one woman told NBC10.
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