A family lost their entire plumbing business, and the community they served, from the harrowing California wildfires.
Palisades Plumbing’s building, trucks, and a majority of their clients’ homes are gone, but the owners haven’t lost the will to keep going. They are pleading to get the word out to surrounding communities that they are ready to work.
“We just want work,” Palisades Plumbing co-owner Mandy Church told FOX Business. “My guys need to get paid. You know? We need to survive.”
Mandy Church and her husband, Ray Church, fought hard to make a living after moving to the United States in 1985. They battled racism as Ray Church tried to secure a job as a plumber. Finally, he landed a job at Palisades Plumbing, a company they eventually took over in 2007.
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