Every time you do something to survive, it gets shut down or taken away,' says Alpuche. You can’t do anything to even try to get out. You do get this feeling of ‘When do you throw in the towel?’ because you’re buried and you can't get out. “It’s extremely hard to stay positive when it's been this long. “ As first-generation, immigrant children, we did not come from much, but my brother is a model of what success looks like - passion and love overcoming the odds - and now we will lose a piece of our community if we don’t act soon.” “If you know my brother, he is always willing to do whatever he can for his community,” Dominic Alpuche writes on the campaign page. At the time of publication, the crowdfunding effort is just over a quarter of the way there, sitting at just over $29,000. To ensure that Redline is able to survive the pandemic, Alpuche’s twin brother, Dominic, created a GoFundMe campaign on the bar’s behalf, with a goal set of $100,000. So then you end up now 10 months later, you’ve tried everything you can to stay afloat, and you’re in this sea of rubble with your hands cuffed.” Every time you do something to survive, it gets shut down or taken away. “You do get this feeling of ‘When do you throw in the towel?’ because you’re buried and you can't get out.
“It’s extremely hard to stay positive when it's been this long,” Alpuche said.
