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25 years ago, Mervat Fayette Fayette was working at a McDonald's at the corner of North

Maine and Route 74 in Belmont, North Carolina, outside of Charlotte.

She was just out of high school.

We met Mervat and McDonald's to talk about one morning in May of 2000,

when she arrived to open the restaurant around 5 a.m.

with several other employees.

There was a lot to do.

Turn on the grills, the friars, start cooking, prepping biscuits, and start making the tea, fresh tea, fresh coffee, and make sure everything is stocked and good and clean.

I know grandma, that's what we called her, she was making the biscuits.

Mervat told her boss that she would handle making the tea and coffee right behind the front counter.

And I just see someone that came right from the kitchen to the front counter area.

And I see someone standing, but I thought, you know, it was one of the crew people.

The store was still closed. All the doors were locked.

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