I was the only one working at the time. I was changing a tire when the man started cursing. The next thing I knew, he was up on me and I was looking down the barrel of a shotgun. He demanded us to empty our pockets on the ground.

In our case, we don't just pull projects out of thin air. These are badly needed road projects in McHenry County.

I don't know why we just can't stay here. We're not hurting nobody. This is an emergency.

In the 12 or 13 years we've been in business, this has never happened. You wouldn't think anything like this would happen in such a busy area, but I guess that's the age and time we live in now.