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“Everything in this world needs transportation,” said Maggie Selagea, who got into trucking when the construction business she and her husband owned collapsed in the 2008 recession. “If this industry stops, that means that the world will stop.”
In 2008, Maggie Selagea and her husband lost their construction business, worth millions, to the economic meltdown.
“When the economy crashed, we fell flat on our face,” Selagea said. She and her husband realized they needed to find “something that was not going to be affected so much by the economy.”
Selagea said she found that more stable industry in transportation — specifically, trucking.
More women getting behind the wheel as trucking industry seeks drivers
“Everything in this world needs transportation,” said Maggie Selagea, who got into trucking when the construction business she and her husband owned collapsed in the 2008 recession. “If this industry stops, that means that the world will stop.”
chicago.suntimes.com