Column: His business is body bags. Thanks to COVID-19, it's booming

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Salam International is in the business of death. For the last 12 months, body bags have made life hectic for the Laguna Hills supplier. COVID-19 has been “good for our business, but it’s not good for the community,” owner Abdul Salam said. “Record earnings, yes, but the emotional toll is more.”

in anticipation of a pandemic surge we’re now in the middle of. I figured his administration would acquire them from a California company. Instead, Newsom went with manufacturers from Illinois and Florida.

He came to his profession relatively late in life. The son of a wealthy family from Karachi, Pakistan, Salam migrated to the United States in 1972 as an 18-year-old looking to prove himself. He bounced around from Chicago to Florida to Southern California, starting and shedding companies and jobs and “trying to make it with something.”

He says what distinguishes Salam International from the competition is superior customer service and prices that don’t rise with a calamity because “we’re not ambulance chasers,” as well as investment in better materials. Salam’s body bags, which range from $5 to $42.50 each, feature a clamp to ensure zippers don’t slip open.

Responders have used Salam’s equipment in most of the major U.S. disasters over the past 30 years. Earthquakes. Fires. Hurricane Katrina. False flags like Y2K.

 

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Lit

Thanks to Drumpf too.

KLoeffler invested in body bags after receiving Covid information and before alerting the public to its dangers.

It has begun. I will not mention the names of these corporations, but they are once again moving their plants out of the country, leaving those worker unemployed. Mine is included. These corp. have been notified that the deal they had are null & void. Thank-you, Democrats.

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