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All nine victims of Wednesday morning's mass shooting at a VTA rail yard in California have been named as co-workers who 'knew the gunman well.'
"Alex was everything to this family," Tara Fritch said through tears, speaking on Thursday morning from her San Jose home. "He was our rock. My safe place to fall."
She took a big pause and breath before adding: "He was the love of my life. "
The two got married after having known each other for just six months. They were supposed to renew their vows in September in Hawaii - a trip that will now never take place.
She said the 49-year-old was the family's sole financial provider. He grew up in Ben Lomond and had worked for the VTA for nine years. They had two teenage boys and a 30-year-old daughter. She got word of the Wednesday morning shooting at the light rail yard on Younger Avenue in San Jose, checking in to see if her husband was OK.
But he was not OK.
He was taken to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, where Tara Fritch said nurses allowed her to get close to her husband by making room on the bed for her to get close with him.
The victims are identified as:
Paul Delacruz Megia, age 42
Taptejdeep Singh, age 36
Adrian Balleza, age 29
Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, age 35
Timothy Michael Romo, age 49
Michael Joseph Rudometkin, age 40
Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, age 63
Lars Kepler Lane, age 63
"Alex was everything to this family," Tara Fritch said through tears, speaking on Thursday morning from her San Jose home. "He was our rock. My safe place to fall."
She took a big pause and breath before adding: "He was the love of my life. "
The two got married after having known each other for just six months. They were supposed to renew their vows in September in Hawaii - a trip that will now never take place.
She said the 49-year-old was the family's sole financial provider. He grew up in Ben Lomond and had worked for the VTA for nine years. They had two teenage boys and a 30-year-old daughter. She got word of the Wednesday morning shooting at the light rail yard on Younger Avenue in San Jose, checking in to see if her husband was OK.
But he was not OK.
He was taken to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, where Tara Fritch said nurses allowed her to get close to her husband by making room on the bed for her to get close with him.
The victims are identified as:
Paul Delacruz Megia, age 42
Taptejdeep Singh, age 36
Adrian Balleza, age 29
Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, age 35
Timothy Michael Romo, age 49
Michael Joseph Rudometkin, age 40
Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, age 63
Lars Kepler Lane, age 63
All nine victims of Wednesday morning's mass shooting at a VTA rail yard in California have been named as co-workers who 'knew the gunman well.'
"Alex was everything to this family," Tara Fritch said through tears, speaking on Thursday morning from her San Jose home. "He was our rock. My safe place to fall."
She took a big pause and breath before adding: "He was the love of my life. "
The two got married after having known each other for just six months. They were supposed to renew their vows in September in Hawaii - a trip that will now never take place.
She said the 49-year-old was the family's sole financial provider. He grew up in Ben Lomond and had worked for the VTA for nine years. They had two teenage boys and a 30-year-old daughter. She got word of the Wednesday morning shooting at the light rail yard on Younger Avenue in San Jose, checking in to see if her husband was OK.
But he was not OK.
He was taken to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, where Tara Fritch said nurses allowed her to get close to her husband by making room on the bed for her to get close with him.
The victims are identified as:
Paul Delacruz Megia, age 42
Taptejdeep Singh, age 36
Adrian Balleza, age 29
Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, age 35
Timothy Michael Romo, age 49
Michael Joseph Rudometkin, age 40
Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, age 63
Lars Kepler Lane, age 63
"Alex was everything to this family," Tara Fritch said through tears, speaking on Thursday morning from her San Jose home. "He was our rock. My safe place to fall."
She took a big pause and breath before adding: "He was the love of my life. "
The two got married after having known each other for just six months. They were supposed to renew their vows in September in Hawaii - a trip that will now never take place.
She said the 49-year-old was the family's sole financial provider. He grew up in Ben Lomond and had worked for the VTA for nine years. They had two teenage boys and a 30-year-old daughter. She got word of the Wednesday morning shooting at the light rail yard on Younger Avenue in San Jose, checking in to see if her husband was OK.
But he was not OK.
He was taken to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, where Tara Fritch said nurses allowed her to get close to her husband by making room on the bed for her to get close with him.
The victims are identified as:
Paul Delacruz Megia, age 42
Taptejdeep Singh, age 36
Adrian Balleza, age 29
Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, age 35
Timothy Michael Romo, age 49
Michael Joseph Rudometkin, age 40
Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, age 63
Lars Kepler Lane, age 63
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