Monterey Park businesses resilient in the after effects of mass shooting
Lui was back at work Thursday, but still reflecting on the massacre only days before.
Despite this, the team on Thursday pressed on to open its doors. Even though business was light, she hoped for that to change sooner over later. “We check in with each other and we check in with ourselves and, I think, as long as we seem OK, and we’re not alone, then yes, we still stand and we will move forward,” Lo said.
“It’s not comfortable to talk about the fact that its impacting them — if it is,” he said. “A lot of it is just internalizing, and holding it in,” he said. “It’s a generational and a cultural thing to just get on with life. To honor the dead and mourn but, quickly, you’ve got your own life you’ve got to live and gotta keep going.”“They’re not gonna shut down and they still have to make rent and pay their bills, and they want to keep their employees going, too,” Wong said.
Still, he said the ratio of business closures was offset by a higher ratio of business that remained open. He attributed this to a steadfast network of families and supporters coming together to support one another. Torres added that the survey data is being collected for the next week and the results should be available next week.
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