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| San Bernardino victims include man who followed love to California | San Bernardino victims include man who followed love to California |
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| A father of six, a coffee shop owner, a physical education teacher, a health inspector who followed his love to California, the cousin of a New York Giants player: these were some of the victims of the massacre in San Bernardino. | |
| Authorities released the names of the 14 fatalities on Thursday a day after a heavily armed couple opened fire on the San Bernardino County public health department’s Christmas lunch, wounding an additional 21 people before they themselves were cut down in a gun battle with police. | Authorities released the names of the 14 fatalities on Thursday a day after a heavily armed couple opened fire on the San Bernardino County public health department’s Christmas lunch, wounding an additional 21 people before they themselves were cut down in a gun battle with police. |
| Related: San Bernardino shooting: 14 victims named by police – latest updates | |
| The number of casualties, the size of the Inland Regional Center and fear of booby-traps slowed down the process of identifying all the dead and notifying next-of-kin. | The number of casualties, the size of the Inland Regional Center and fear of booby-traps slowed down the process of identifying all the dead and notifying next-of-kin. |
| Although most of the victims appeared to be public sector colleagues who lived nearby, their different lives began to emerge along with their names. | Although most of the victims appeared to be public sector colleagues who lived nearby, their different lives began to emerge along with their names. |
| Damian Meins, 58, an environmental health worker, was married to Trenna Meins, the principal of the Sacred Heart parish school in Rancho Cucamonga. | Damian Meins, 58, an environmental health worker, was married to Trenna Meins, the principal of the Sacred Heart parish school in Rancho Cucamonga. |
| A neighbor, Jim Harris, 86, told the Guardian that Meins was “a fantastic man, very personable”. Meins and his wife looked out for Harris and his wife Ruth, he said. “They’re cognisant that we’re older, he always stopped to say hello and smile ... They’ve always been very kind to us and considerate.” | A neighbor, Jim Harris, 86, told the Guardian that Meins was “a fantastic man, very personable”. Meins and his wife looked out for Harris and his wife Ruth, he said. “They’re cognisant that we’re older, he always stopped to say hello and smile ... They’ve always been very kind to us and considerate.” |
| Ruth struggled to contain her shock. “They looked out for us. Oh God.” | Ruth struggled to contain her shock. “They looked out for us. Oh God.” |
| Another neighbor, Rose Evans, remembered Meins as a man who was “always busy”, often working in his yard. “He was friendly with everybody.” She said it was hard to imagine someone who lived in such a peaceful, family-oriented street could become the victim of such a horrific act. | Another neighbor, Rose Evans, remembered Meins as a man who was “always busy”, often working in his yard. “He was friendly with everybody.” She said it was hard to imagine someone who lived in such a peaceful, family-oriented street could become the victim of such a horrific act. |
| He was hosting the Christmas party, according to a friend’s Facebook posting: “Please keep his wife, Trenna, family and friends in your prayers and hearts. God bless us all in these difficult times.” | He was hosting the Christmas party, according to a friend’s Facebook posting: “Please keep his wife, Trenna, family and friends in your prayers and hearts. God bless us all in these difficult times.” |
| Nicholas Thalasinos, 52, a health inspector, moved to California about a decade ago to be with his wife Jennifer, a teacher, whom he met online. | |
| Friends expressed grief beneath a Facebook picture of the couple smiling: “What a great picture of a great man. You were blessed to have been his loving wife. I know he was blessed to have you.” | Friends expressed grief beneath a Facebook picture of the couple smiling: “What a great picture of a great man. You were blessed to have been his loving wife. I know he was blessed to have you.” |
| Thalasinos, who had two adult sons, reportedly worked alongside Syed Farook, an Illinois-born health inspector who perpetrated the massacre with his Pakistani wife, Tashfeen Malik. | Thalasinos, who had two adult sons, reportedly worked alongside Syed Farook, an Illinois-born health inspector who perpetrated the massacre with his Pakistani wife, Tashfeen Malik. |
| Former colleagues and friends in New Jersey expressed shock. “We were talking about it, saying I hope Nick was OK, not knowing,” Ed Beck, a construction official in Linwood, New Jersey, told Philly.com. “It’s always one of those deals, you know how big San Bernardino is, he’s probably OK. He was a wonderful friend ... a really nice guy, good work ethic.” | Former colleagues and friends in New Jersey expressed shock. “We were talking about it, saying I hope Nick was OK, not knowing,” Ed Beck, a construction official in Linwood, New Jersey, told Philly.com. “It’s always one of those deals, you know how big San Bernardino is, he’s probably OK. He was a wonderful friend ... a really nice guy, good work ethic.” |
| Michael Raymond Wetzel, 37, an environmental health supervisor, had three children by his first marriage and three by his second, Renee. | Michael Raymond Wetzel, 37, an environmental health supervisor, had three children by his first marriage and three by his second, Renee. |
| On Wednesday, as news of the massacre broke, she posted a plea for his safety on Facebook. “I have not been able to get in touch with him. Please please pray that he is ok.” | On Wednesday, as news of the massacre broke, she posted a plea for his safety on Facebook. “I have not been able to get in touch with him. Please please pray that he is ok.” |
| A staff member of the Church of the Woods in Lake Arrowhead said Wetzel was a member of the congregation. “It’s just a devastating situation. Mike is just one of the most genuinely fabulous people I’ve ever met,” said the staff member, who declined to be named, citing the family’s need for privacy. | A staff member of the Church of the Woods in Lake Arrowhead said Wetzel was a member of the congregation. “It’s just a devastating situation. Mike is just one of the most genuinely fabulous people I’ve ever met,” said the staff member, who declined to be named, citing the family’s need for privacy. |
| A family friend, Arlene Arenas, told the Los Angeles Times that Wetzel loved babies and could soothe a colicky infant better than anyone else. | A family friend, Arlene Arenas, told the Los Angeles Times that Wetzel loved babies and could soothe a colicky infant better than anyone else. |
| Larry Kaufman, also named as Daniel Kaufman, 42, ran the Coffee N More cafe in building 3 of the targeted centre and trained developmentally disabled clients who worked there. | Larry Kaufman, also named as Daniel Kaufman, 42, ran the Coffee N More cafe in building 3 of the targeted centre and trained developmentally disabled clients who worked there. |
| Described as a gregarious free spirit who adored horror films, Kaufman had been raised by an aunt and uncle after his parents died. | Described as a gregarious free spirit who adored horror films, Kaufman had been raised by an aunt and uncle after his parents died. |
| His boyfriend, Ryan Reyes, 32, had an agonised 22-hour wait for news punctuated by false hope: a report that Kaufman had been wounded in the arm and would survive. | His boyfriend, Ryan Reyes, 32, had an agonised 22-hour wait for news punctuated by false hope: a report that Kaufman had been wounded in the arm and would survive. |
| An LA Times photographer caught the moment on Thursday morning when Reyes, visibly distraught, received confirmation that Kaufman was gone. | An LA Times photographer caught the moment on Thursday morning when Reyes, visibly distraught, received confirmation that Kaufman was gone. |
| Shannon Johnson, 45, worked as an environmental health specialist for the county for 10 years. According to his Linked-In profile he was educated at California State University-San Bernardino and specialised in food safety, recreational health and housing. He described his interests as the environment, music and the arts. | |
| Bennetta Bet-Badal, 46, a plan inspector for restaurants, was married to Arlen Verdehyou, a police officer, and the mother of two boys and a girl, aged 10 to 15. According to a fundraising page set up by her family she emigrated from Iran aged 18. | |
| She earned a bachelor of science degree in biotechnology and chemistry from Cal Poly Pomona and spoke Farsi and Assyrian, according to her LinkedIn account. She listed her skills as government, policy, research, training, analysis and community development. She had worked for San Bernardino county since 2006. | |
| Before the death was confirmed Verdehyou told the Daily Breeze he was with their children and holding out for good news. “There is no reason for evilness. You just have to be strong for each other.” She decorated a beautiful Christmas tree, he added. | |
| Aurora Godoy, 26, was the youngest victim. Photos on her Facebook profile showed her smiling with an infant boy and her partner, James. “Our little Packer family,” she wrote, in reference to the Green Bay Packers. Godoy had eclectic taste, liking Walt Disney films as well as The Fast and the Furious, and the Nicholas Sparks novel Dear John. | |
| Isaac Amanios, 60, was from Fontana, ten miles west of San Bernardino. He worked for the county health department and is survived by his wife and three adult children, the LA Times reported. | |
| Harry Bowman. Online records suggest the 46-year-old was a substitute biology teacher. | |
| Yvette Velasco, 27, was from Fontana and worked for the San Bernardino county environmental health department. Her friends were worried for her after tracking her cellphone to the building where the shooting took place, the Desert Sun reported in a video interview with a friend before confirmation of her death./ | |
| The other four victims were: | |
| Sierra Clayborn, 27, Moreno Valley (DOB: 06/15/88) Robert Adams, 40, Yucaipa (DOB: 05/02/75) Tin Nguyen, 31, Santa Ana (DOB: 04/06/84) Juan Espinoza, 50, Highland (DOB: 06/24/65) |