Four years ago today, at 10:58 PST on December 2, 2015, Syed Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik began shooting his own friends and colleagues at the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health.
By 11:04, the first police arrived at the scene, but Farook and Malik had already escaped. Four hours later (at 3:08), they were sighted on North Tippecanoe Avenue in San Bernardino by a law enforcement officer, and by 3:14:53, both had been killed in a dramatic shootout with police, just 1.7 miles away from the Department of Public Health.
Here are the pictures of the 14 people who lost their lives in this Islamic Jihad attack. More can be learned about them here, here and here.
What we don’t see here are the pictures of the 17 other people who were injured during the shootings, nor do we know very much about what they’ve gone through because of their injuries, or how they’ve have been doing in the last four years since the attack.
We don’t know very much about their families, either, and the great price they have paid since that day, four years ago.
I have had the honor of getting to know some of them.
As a sworn Federal Law Enforcement Officer who has also been deeply affected by this case, it is my intention, in the weeks, months and years ahead, to help make sure that their stories are not forgotten, and that on one fine day, we will all know more about what really happened on that December day in San Bernardino.
Philip B. Haney was a Founding Member, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and a Customs & Border Protection Officer (CBP – Ret.)
melek-ric says
To those who understand Islam, “what really happened on that December day in San Bernardino” is already clear. Those who refuse to understand Islam will forever be baffled.
Neil Schmidt says
“Refuse to ‘understand’ Islam? What’s there to understand? Islam stands for murder, torture, female genital mutilation, child molestation and crimes against anyone who “refuses” to become a member of that murderous “religion.” A “religion?” What a laugh! An outrage that so many of its followers have swallowed its tenets of hate and murder for anyone who is an “infidel.”
Anyone who follows Sharia Law is PATHETIC!
mccode says
Mr. Haney,
Thank you for your service as a DHS CBP officer.
Never forget.
revereridesagain says
Thanks to Philip Haney — it is important that people are reminded of the toll that Islam-inspired murderers take not only on those they kill but on those who are left behind.
MICHAEL says
My Haney,
Fantastic article. Your dedication and passion regarding this horrible terroristic attack is unmeasurable and very much appreciated.
You are a great man.
Thank you
Michael Copeland says
It was a Christmas party.
The deceptive BBC called it an “office lunch”
Michael Copeland says
Mr. Haney had assembled much important data on people like the San Bernardino killers. The Obama administration ordered all these records to be destroyed. What an insult, and what a destructive influence on a person’s life work. Thank you, Mr. Haney, for all you do.
rubiconcrest says
Yes. I wonder if there is a gofundme or other page for those interested in helping the victims with their ongoing issues.
Kaw says
Is there a chance to prosecute the Obama administration??
livingengine says
CAIR and the Dying Child
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03EuL3z2axc
Wellington says
The sad reality is that almost everyone in America has forgotten about this if indeed they registered it in the first place. Yep, old news, nothing more to see here, move on—and Islam, btw, is a religion of peace and tolerance and anyone disputing this is a hater.
Welcome once again to the Age of Absurdity. More deaths and mayhem to follow, courtesy of Islam and continued willful ignorance or apathy about Islam.
Greg says
Spot on! And almost no one in the West seems to have an interest in reading the Koran and learning that its ideology contains the root cause of almost every terrorist attack in the world.
rubiconcrest says
Thank you Philip. You are one of the first writers to mention the wounded, their suffering and their families. We never hear about the ‘wounded’ which of course can mean anything from permanently disabled to having a minor injury and fully recovered, except for the psychological injuries. This was horrific in part because it was entirely preventable as your research has demonstrated.
Infidel says
That was the event that flipped me from Ben Carson to Donald Trump: when the latter in a speech announced that he would put a moratorium on Muslims coming in until we knew ‘what the hell was going on’. For that, he was savaged not just by the Dems, but by Republicans like Lindsay Graham.
The Travel Ban that was initiated in 2017 after he came to office was a mere microcosm of that, addressing barely 10% of the ummah, and yet, it’s been falsely branded as a ‘Muslim ban’. Even though it includes countries like Venezuela and North Korea, whose people are not a threat to Americans
Larry A. Singleton says
San Bernardino, CA “Berdoo” is my hometown. I was the only person to speak out about “Islamic terrorism” at the city council meeting during public comment after those jihadis slaughtered 14 of their co-workers. The bodies weren’t even cold before both the police department and city council crawled on their bellies to the terrorists mosque and the local rags and media trotted out the terrorist front group CAIR to spew their “Islamophobia” propaganda and instruct the rubes that “Islam was a religion of peace” and anybody who disagreed was a racist, bigot or “Islamophobe”.
Finally reading The Haj by Leon Uris, a historical novel about the birth of the State of Israel, was what kick started my interest in this “Islam thing” where I found that if you scratched “Islam” or “Palestinians” there you would find Jew Hatred; Islamic Antisemitism.
Read The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History by Andrew Bostom, The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz and The Israeli Solution by Caroline Glick, my go-to gal on all things Israel.
Larry A. Singleton says
PS “Security Issues” was on the list of agenda items. Not a word about “Islamic terrorism” from any “public” official.
gravenimage says
Glad you spoke out, Larry.
AP says
The number one benefit of importing the Moslims into a Christian country.
s says
It is sad so many find the media fake but will eat what they serve when it comes to Islamic beliefs… they refuse to look to other nations… they refuse to read what is true… they refuse reality.. or perhaps they secretly welcome the totalitarian theocracy…
Walter Sieruk says
About that brutal and murderous jihad massacre in the city of San Bernardino . All Americans need to wake up to the reality that those two murdering jihadist/Muslims were not engaging in warped or hijacked form of Islam but in an actual real hard core ,non- watered down , genuine Koranic based Islam. For example the Koran [the Qu ‘ran] instructs in Sura 9 :111 “The believers fight in Allah’s Cause , they slay and are slain, they kill and are killed.” Likewise, the Koran teaches in Sura 47:4. “Whenever you encounter the unbelievers strike off their heads until you make a great slaughter among them…” Let’s face it, using firearms, as those jihad –minded Muslims did in San Bernardino did can sure make a greater “slaughter among them” than a sword can. So all Americans need to know and understand the actual truth. Which is Islam is not a peaceful religion. Islam is, in essence, violent and dangerous.
gravenimage says
Four Years Ago Today: A Tribute to the Victims of the San Bernardino Jihad Attack
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All too many have forgotten this terrible atrocity. I have a friend in southern California who said with a straight face that that there was not much to worry about since there hadn’t been a terror attack since 9/11.