A bell ringing ceremony and moment of silence will be held for the victims of the 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, nine years after the shooting that killed 14 people and injured nearly 20 more at an annual training event.
Monday marks nine years since the Inland Regional Center shooting. The county will hold an online moment of silence at 10:55 a.m. in memory of the victims.
Thirteen county employees were killed in the attack.
As part of the annual Day of Remembrance at California State University, San Bernardino campus, the bell in the campus Peace Garden will be rung 14 times to remember each of the victims. The event is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.
Five people killed in the attack were university graduates. The Peace Garden on campus has a pentagonal pedestal with a bell at the top. Each side has a plaque with each alum’s name and degree information.
Flags on San Bernardino County buildings will be lowered to half-staff on Monday.
Those killed in the attack were Robert Adams (40), Isaac Amanios (60), Benetta Bett Badal (46), Harry Bowman (46), Sierra Claiborne (27), and Juan Espinoza ( 50), Aurora Godoy (26), Shannon Johnson (45), and Larry Daniel. Kaufman, 42, Damian Manes, 58, Tingen, 31, Nicholas Tarasinos, 52, Yvette Velasco, 27, and Michael Wetzel, 37.
The attackers, an American man and his wife who worked in San Bernardino County, were later killed in a shootout with law enforcement officers following an SUV chase. They were armed with firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and explosives and opened fire in a conference room with about 70 people inside.
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