SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – Raquel Ruiz, a cleaning business owner whose car was drenched from the flood, is recovering like many after the recent storm that swept through San Diego.
“Right now, I’m struggling a little bit, but I’m okay. I try to do it the best I can,” Ruiz said.
Ruiz was working, cleaning a home in Coronado, when the flood waters surged.
The deluge drenched her car, which was her daughter’s car, and all of her cleaning supplies.
“She is probably one of the kindest people that I know,” Mana Monzavi, who organized GoFundMe for Ruiz, said.
Monzavi, who is Ruiz’s client in North Park, wanted to help.
“She didn’t really tell me the whole story. It wasn’t until I saw your news report that I realized the totality of what happened,” Monzavi said. “It didn’t feel right that she should have to suffer like that.”
So she asked Ruiz if she could set up a GoFundMe for her. Monzavi said she wanted to try to recoup some of the costs from the car and try to get a new one.
Ruiz did not want to do that, according to Monzavi. So they settled on just what was needed for Ruiz’s cleaning supplies.