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Saturday 3 december 2016

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San Bernardino recalls terror attack with silence, speakers

AMY TAXIN Most of those killed in the
Associated Press attack by county health
SAN BERNARDINO, Ca- inspector Syed Rizwan Fa-
lif. (AP) — At the moment rook, and Farook’s Paki-
when shooters unleashed stani wife Tashfeen Malik,
terror on San Bernardino were Farook’s colleagues.
a year ago, county em- The city of San Bernardino
ployees remembered their was to hold a public cer-
fallen colleagues in silence emony Friday evening,
late Friday morning. and the San Manuel Band
A bell rang 14 times in mem- of Mission Indians planned
ory of each person slain in to light up an iconic arrow-
the terror attack that also head landmark in the near-
wounded 22 others at the by foothills.
Inland Regional Center. While the city of San Ber-
“We will never forget that nardino has been grap-
day or the victims of this pling with a spike in homi-
senseless act of violence. cides this year, community
We strive to move forward residents have worked hard
and search for the good to prevent a hate-filled
People pray during a moment of silence for county workers near the Inland Regional Center in that is in us all,” said Lavinia backlash to the terror at-
San Bernardino, Calif., Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. At the moment when shooters unleashed terror on San Johnson, executive direc- tack. Clergy have formed
Bernardino a year ago, county employees remembered their fallen colleagues with a moment of tor of the center. an interfaith alliance, vic-
silence late Friday morning. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) During the ceremony out- tims’ families have encour-
side the center, employees aged tolerance and Mus-
of nearby businesses who lims residents undertook
sheltered county work- a campaign to educate
ers during the chaos were neighbors about Islam.
thanked by Keith Nelson, Since the attack, San Ber-
the center’s chairman. nardino police Sgt. Emil
Among those attending Kokesh said he has also
was Zen Martinsen, 56, a been reminded of the
clerical supervisor for the need to stay fit. Kokesh ar-
county. While she didn’t rived at the scene of the
know the victims, she said
county employees are like onslaught minutes after the
family. shooting and was there for
“This affects everybody more than a day. He said
and I think it’s just really he was sore for two weeks,
important that terrorism which prompted him to
doesn’t win,” she said. “We take up cycling to get in
can’t let it win.” shape with some fellow of-
It was one of a series ficers.
of events scheduled in That led to the memorial
the hardscrabble city of bike ride.
216,000 people east of Los “On that day, it pushed
Angeles to mark the anni- a lot of us to our limits —
versary of the Dec. 2, 2015, physically, mentally, and
attack by husband-and- emotionally,” he said. Now,
wife assailants on a holiday Kokesh said he often re-
luncheon for county health minds his fellow officers:
employees. Investigators “You may work in an office,
say the attackers were in- you may do investigations,
spired by the Islamic State and not do much field
group. work anymore, but you
Earlier, cyclists conducted are going to be the ones
a 14-mile bike ride — one who respond to something
mile for each person who like this, so stay fit, stay
was killed. prepared.”q