RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – A Rio Rancho small business operator who’s been struggling to stay afloat throughout the pandemic is now experiencing one more unanticipated shock after just one wrong move landed him in a tricky economical problem.
For 14 a long time, Rio Rancho Shoe and Boot Fix has been open up in the Lujan Plaza off Freeway 528. The indication on the door reads “Closed on Mondays,” but now it is closed indefinitely. “We’re kind of open up in the afternoon, so people today can decide up stuff that’s presently done, but we’re truly not getting in or executing any new work,” mentioned Steven Garcia, the owner of the shop.
That is since on New Yrs Working day, Garcia was concerned in a major accident. He and his cousin have been checking out in the mesa when he took one erroneous action and fell about 30 toes down a cliff. Garcia was airlifted to UNMH exactly where he located out he experienced various fractured vertebrae, broken ribs, and a fractured sternum.
Now Garcia is not able to do a lot of nearly anything together with function, and immediately after economic struggles caused by the pandemic, and now a ton of unforeseen healthcare personal debt, he says he’s scared his store could not make it. So, he and his wife established a GoFundMe web site, hoping to place a dent in some of all those bills. In the meantime, Garcia claims he’s concentrating on recovering so he can get back to the shoe store.
Garcia says he didn’t have health insurance policies at the time of the fall due to the fact he was unable to pay for it. This was due to a drop in business at his store for the duration of the pandemic. They’re trying to increase $50,000 to pay back for his medivac flight and other professional medical charges.
