Community support senior DoorDash driver in National City [Video]

NATIONAL CITY, Calif. — Jose Fimbres starts his day at 4 a.m., climbing into his sedan to make DoorDash deliveries across this South Bay community. At 73, he moves a bit slower these days, but his determination hasn’t wavered.

“I gotta do something to keep moving,” Fimbres said. “If I didn’t do it, I want to be sitting in a wheelchair.”

The retired truck driver switched from semis to food delivery two years ago, intent on maintaining his independence. 

“I do it because I like to still support myself,” he said. “I’m not going to ask my daughters or my sons.”

But a routine breakfast delivery to the De La Torre household changed everything. When Mirsha De La Torre ordered breakfast one morning, their Ring camera captured Fimbres carefully navigating …