I’m posting this for my brother John Cossentino who is a local Baltimore and Carroll county sole proprietor/small septic business owner operator in a state of emergency after he lost his only septic service truck and entire source of income in a catastrophic county bridge collapse that was no fault of his own. The local police and authorities have cleared him of any fault for the collapse because his truck was under the posted bridge weight ratings. But he is now in a state of emergency personally and having to shoulder immense stress and catastrophic property loss.

He now has no source of current income and his bills for fixed operating costs, sky high liability insurance deductibles, and the loss and collapse recovery operation of the $335,000 custom built truck are all now due and not being covered by insurance for anywhere close to the actual replacement value of his priceless custom built and outfitted septic truck. In addition, insurance will not cover a temporary lease of a replacement septic truck in the short term, and it will take many, many months to a year to get his truck repaired (if it even can be) or replaced.

He will be struggling financially to support his immediate family members and will disappoint many of his customers in need of immediate service and that will have a lasting negative impact on his business.

Please see his Facebook post below and thanks for helping him bridge the gap so he can return to normal business operations and make it to the other side of this tragedy.

P.S. John had his septic truck custom built less than 18 months ago with the highest performance technology and most environmentally friendly equipment possible so that that he could best serve his customers that he loves and cares for so deeply. He had planned this truck to last him for the next 30 years, so the fact that it has been a total loss in the collapse is devastating and no one should have to go through such a catastrophic event like this.

Thanks for your care and supporting him in this.