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Help the Rojo family

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Let me tell you about my buddy named Rojo.. technically Rojo is his last name and his actual name is Arnoldo, however we all called him Rojo.I'm a remodeling contractor in Southern AZ, before that I was a drywall contractor. 


When I was still doing drywall jobs I met a guy named "Rojo" that I had worked on a couple jobs.  Him and his buddies were some of the most honest, reliable guys a business owner could ever ask for.  Over the years when I had commercial drywall work Rojo was always on my "call first list". Whenever he was on a job I knew I could count on the job getting done right.  


As my life went through it's own changes I left  business ownership for a couple years to try to get away from the stress. Every 6 months or so I would get a phone call from Rojo, the message would go kind of like this (think heavy Spanish accent speaking english... "uh, hello Kevin, I am Rojo, just calling to see if you have any work I can work for you".  I seriously loved this guy, I wish I would have hired him way earlier because he was a great worker and more importantly an honest worker.  


A few years later I found myself heavily into remodeling again, and I needed employees. I decided to swing by Rojos house. I told him i needed help and he said hed be happy to jump in. That turned out to be great for me and him. I loved having another fun to be around, easy going guy on my jobs, we did our best to teach each other our native toungues. I loved trying to soak in some Spanish and he loved trying to learn  more English.  As a matter of fact just a few months in to working for me he had his final interview in the long process of becoming a United States citizen.  I was so proud of him and the smile on his face could never be faked. He had spent a considerable amount of time, money on the process and he did not take it lightly. He earned it! And I could think of no one more worthy for the great honor! His next goal was to help his wife reach the same goal. Unfortunately, that never became a reality


Another amazing thing about him was his drive to help others in need. You see, in the United States, we take for granted how good we have it.  This is not the case in Mexico for which Rojo had a huge heart and love for. When we would do demo on our remodeling projects he would save anything he could so that he could take it down to Mexico to give to his friends and family.  I asked him about it one day, he said.. "people in Mexico are very poor, I take this down there to help them".    How could you not love this guy???  He would take anything he could from old furnaces to electrical outlets and door hinges. Anything he could get his hands on he would take to help people. A truly great man.  I always admired How he spoke of his family, nothing but love for his wife and kids.  He was so proud of them all.  Him and his wife Susie, had one child that lived at home (Daisy) and two sons that moved to Colorado for work (Eduardo and Alex).  Every single time I saw him out of work he would have his little girl Daisy with him. Being a father of 5 myself I understood the bond between a father and his kids, and to be honest a father's relationship with his little girl is something to be cherished.  Him and his little daughter were always together, they were like little best friends. 


Well the Rojo family would make trips down to Chihuahua Mexico fairly regularly. They had a small orchard down there and extended family that they would often visit.  About a month ago they made one of these trips.  A week went by past when they were supposed to be back and I could not get ahold of Arnoldo. Went by his house and no one was there either. That Sunday night my phone started ringing and I saw it was Arnoldos cousin Aldo. Knowing we had work the next day and still not hearing from him, I knew it had to be bad news.  


Arnoldo, his wife Susie and their daughter Daisy were heading back home. They were heading west on interstate 10 somewhere close to Lordsberg NM. Cousin Aldo, was following behind them them in another vehicle. Between them was a flatbed tractor trailer carrying a load of steel piping. While driving,  another tractor trailer on the other side of the highway traveling the opposite direction for reasons unknown lost control and crossed the median. Unfortunately it hit the Rojo family vehicle head on, Aldo said there was an immediate explosion and then the other tractor trailer with the steel piping hit them from behind. The overall impact would been the equivalent of roughly 140 miles per hour.  Susie lost her life in the initial impact immediately. Aldo pulled Rojo from the vehicle, he was still alive but it was just too much for his body to withstand.  He passed away 3 days later in the hospital. Both of the truck drivers also lost their lives.  Somehow Daisy survived the crash. After seeing pictures of the wreck this is nothing short of an absolute miracle.  She was conscious and in obvious pain.  She was in Aldos arms crying until the ambulance arrived. She had sustained bad head injuries and her legs were both broken. She spent the next week or so unconscious with everyone keeping a very close eye on her. At first there was some took of amputating her legs, thank God that did not have to happen.


Now Daisy is in stable condition, her older brothers Eduardo and Alex have come down to stay with her from Colorado from the beginning so she is thankfully not alone. With them also came Eduardos wife and there little boy.  After several surgeries and prayer Daisy is doing pretty good. She knows her name and who all of her family is. She has good days and she has bad days. They just did scans yesterday and found out that her stomach and intestines are in good shape so that was a good day.  It seems she does a little better each day and now has been getting around with a wheelchair.  It sounds like she still has a long road ahead of her though. At this point, she still does not know what happened  or of the loss of her parents. 


Now with her brothers with her in El Paso They have not worked and have no income coming in. Bills are starting to add up.  And no one really knows what sort of expenses will be popping up.  Please do what you can to help this family out. Eduardo is a young guy, he just got the awful news of losing his parents and now will be likely assuming the responsibilty of taking care of his little sister. I believe he is 28 years old and suddenly has a lot on his shoulders


Any help and prayer is appreciated.
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Kevin Swavely
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Sierra Vista, AZ
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