HOF 05 Surviving Day by Day -- Donald Samuels

It mattered not if Samuels was ready for the task. The challenge was certainly willing to engulf him.

"Basically, our long-term plan was to be in business the next day," Samuels recalls. "Making the payroll every week, paying our suppliers. . .everything, day by day, was a challenge.

"We had no choice but to step up. There were no options, only decisions that had to be made without hesitating. Any wrong decision could have been fatal to the business."