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Neema

• Neema is a Swahili name meaning "born in prosperity"
• Worked in towing since 2005
• Her mother worked at the PPA for about 23 years
• Has a four year old daughter named Sanaa who is very 'girly'
• Always wanted to be a tow truck driver
• Was a ticket writer for a year and a half before towing
• Used to work in both security and at a steel mill before the PPA
• Why This Job?

Dave

• Started at the PPA in 2002
• Still plays softball with the guys he grew up playing baseball with
• Loves ice hockey and works at a skating rink in the winter teaching kids to skate and play hockey
• Growing up, wanted to be a fireman and collects firefighting memorabilia
• Likes his Philly cheesesteaks with "the works" : hot peppers, tomato, onions, etc
• Worked as a lot officer before becoming a tow truck driver

Herman

• Started at the PPA in 1993 and has been a tow truck driver since 2000
• Also works as a DJ which he started doing as a teenager
• Loves all music, especially Latin Reggae and classic Salsa
• Previously worked in a metal fabrication company
• Has a young son who is the light of his life

Clarence

• Had been towing since 1996
• Retired in 2007
• He says at least 50% of the people he tows will argue with him (it's like having a bull's-eye painted on the truck)
• Longs for the more compassionate values of the past
• Is also a photographer and wedding videographer
• Used to work towing for AAA, but there people were "happy" to see him
• His car was towed once when his sister borrowed it

John

• John has worked at the PPA since 2003
• He loves his truck and calls it a "big erector set."
• Used to admire garbage men as a child.
• Thinks he'd make a good interior designer.
• Why This Job?

Frank

• Started driving the flatbed in 2006, before that drove a standard tow truck and was a lot officer
• Feels bad for owners of cars he tows, but feels good about getting uninsured and illegal cars off the road
• Has 3 grown kids
• He worked in desktop publishing for 17 years and says that before becoming a tow truck driver, the heaviest thing he lifted was a pair of scissors
• Would love to eventually leave the city for a quiet place on the shore

Brad

• Has been a towing supervisor since 2007, drove a tow truck before that
• Supervises the Saturday night Old City detail that keeps traffic moving in on the busy party night
• Is a newlywed

Ed

• Has been at the PPA since 2004
• Worked for a private tow company before doing accident recovery and repossessions
• Understands how citizens feel, had his car towed and was upset when he came to claim it
• Off the job he likes to stay home with his family

Martin

• Martin has spent 5 years at the PPA and was ticketing before becoming a tower
• He enjoys all the ladies he meets on the job
• At the end of his shift he does push ups for every car towed
• He likes towing expensive cars because he feels like he's driving them
• His dad works for the PPA and was in the original Parking Wars documentary
• He has a five-year old daughter
• Why This Job?