Public mourning on the 10th anniversary of the San Bernardino mass shooting started early on Dec. 2 outside a memorial to the memories of those killed in the attack.
About 100 people gathered Tuesday morning near the Curtain of Courage memorial on the grounds of the San Bernardino County Government Center. The crowd was a little larger than in recent years, with family members of the victims joining county staff to pay respects to those who died in the shooting the morning of Dec. 2, 2015. Thirteen of the 14 people killed in the attack were San Bernardino County employees.
“The passage of time does not lessen the impact of that day,” Supervisor Curt Hagman told the crowd during a brief ceremony.
Liam Ortiz, son of survivor Kevin Ortiz, runs to place a flower on the names of the victims of the 2015 Dec. 2 mass shooting at the Curtain of Courage memorial in San Bernardino on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, marking the 10-year anniversary. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Hiwet Haile, widow of Isaac Gebreslassie Amanios — one of the victims of the Dec. 2, 2015 mass shooting — hugs Ellen Hendrickson at the Curtain of Courage memorial in San Bernardino during the 10-year anniversary gathering on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG Tears roll down her face as Josie Gonzales, San Bernardino County Assessor-Recorder-County Clerk, speaks at the Curtain of Courage memorial in San Bernardino on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, marking the 10th anniversary of the 2015 mass shooting. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG San Bernardino Police Chief Darren Goodman speaks with another officer during the 10-year anniversary ceremony for the Dec. 2, 2015, mass shooting at the Curtain of Courage memorial in San Bernardino on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) The bell rang 14 times in honor of the victims of the Dec. 2, 2015, mass shooting during the 10-year anniversary ceremony at the Curtain of Courage memorial in San Bernardino on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Peter Brierty, friend of Damien Meins, one of the victims of the Dec. 2, 2015 mass shooting, and Debby Leuer, a co-worker of the victims, embrace at the Curtain of Courage memorial in San Bernardino during the 10-year anniversary gathering on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG Bruce Baker, a co-worker of the victims of the Dec. 2, 2015 mass shooting, walks through the Curtain of Courage memorial in San Bernardino during the 10-year anniversary gathering on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG Colin Verdehyou, son of Bennetta Betbadal — a victim of the Dec. 2, 2015, mass shooting — bows his head in prayer at the Curtain of Courage memorial in San Bernardino during the 10-year anniversary gathering on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Flowers rest on the benches dedicated to the victims of the Dec. 2, 2015 mass shooting at the Curtain of Courage in San Bernardino on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Visitors walk around the Curtain of Courage memorial in San Bernardino on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, marking the 10th anniversary of the Dec. 2, 2015, mass shooting. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Doug Duke, chaplain for the city of San Bernardino, rings the bell 14 times in honor of the Dec. 2, 2015 mass shooting victims during the 10-year anniversary ceremony at the Curtain of Courage memorial in San Bernardino on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Visitors stand at the Curtain of Courage memorial in San Bernardino on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, for the 10-year anniversary of the Dec. 2, 2015, mass shooting. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Hiwet Haile, widow of Isaac Gebreslassie Amanios — one of the victims of the Dec. 2, 2015 mass shooting — hugs Ellen Hendrickson at the Curtain of Courage memorial in San Bernardino during the 10-year anniversary gathering on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG Flowers rest on the engraved names of the victims of the Dec. 2, 2015 mass shooting as heartfelt quotes line the memorial benches at the Curtain of Courage in San Bernardino on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, marking the 10-year anniversary of the attack. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Doug Duke, chaplain for the city of San Bernardino, rings the bell 14 times in honor of the Dec. 2, 2015 mass shooting victims during the 10-year anniversary ceremony at the Curtain of Courage memorial in San Bernardino on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Show Caption1 of 15Liam Ortiz, son of survivor Kevin Ortiz, runs to place a flower on the names of the victims of the 2015 Dec. 2 mass shooting at the Curtain of Courage memorial in San Bernardino on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, marking the 10-year anniversary. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) ExpandOn Dec. 2, 2015, San Bernardino County restaurant inspector Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Mailk, opened fire on a Division of Environmental Health Services meeting held at a rented conference room at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino. Fourteen people were killed, including 13 of Farook’s coworkers. Twenty-two more were injured. Farook and Malik were killed hours later in a shootout with police.
In 2022, San Bernardino County opened its Curtain of Courage memorial for those murdered in the mass shooting to the public.
The memorial is an undulating mesh of bronze and steel, meant to evoke a bulletproof vest. The curves create create 14 alcoves, one for each of those killed in the shooting. The alcoves have a panel of colored glass in a shade chosen by victims’ family members, and a phrase chosen by family members is inscribed on a bench in each alcove. Inside each bench, invisible to the public, is a small keepsake chosen by the family. A nearby informational plaque recounts the events of Dec. 2, 2015, in English, Spanish and Vietnamese.
County Assessor Josie Gonzales, who served on the Board of Supervisors at the time of the shooting, said the attack created a “painful scar” community members still bear.
“Think of all the people who are not here,” Gonzales told the crowd. “Their pain may be too much for them to handle.
“We never give up, we never back down,” she added. “May we honor those that are lost by living with the same courage and compassion this community has shown for the past 10 years.”
Then the names of the 14 slain in the attack were read aloud, each punctuated by the ringing of a newly commissioned bell.
A simple, county-run public ceremony took place online shortly after, with a moment of silence and a memorial video.
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