"Her fiance, Shannon Johnson, was a restaurant inspector there. She didn't panic until, driving home, she heard on the radio that the victims were employees of the desert city's environmental health department. She grabbed her phone and dialed Shannon's number over and over, but it kept going straight to voicemail. That's when, she said, she knew, "in my bones," he was gone."
"Tuesday marks the 10th year since restaurant inspector Syed Rizwan Farook, a U.S. citizen, and his Pakistan-born wife, Tashfeen Malik, walked into his office holiday party with military-style assault rifles and shot more than 30 people, killing 14. The unspeakable violence, apparently inspired by jihadist propaganda online, thrust the often-overlooked, and financially bankrupt, city of San Bernardino into the global spotlight."
Mandy Pifer learned of the San Bernardino mass shooting on Dec. 2, 2015, while with a client and became certain of her fiance Shannon Johnson's death after his number went straight to voicemail. Johnson used his body to shield a 27-year-old co-worker, telling the terrified colleague, "I got you," before dying. The attack at an office holiday party by Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik killed 14 and wounded more than 30. The violence was apparently inspired by jihadist propaganda online and thrust San Bernardino into the global spotlight. The attack reshaped survivors' lives and intensified U.S. immigration and security politics.
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