Posted on 01/09/2017 3:49:40 PM PST by digger48
Details continue to come out about the Fort Lauderdale airport shooter, Esteban Santiago, who appears to have had a history of mental health problems and was under psychiatric care.
Slowly, information has also come out about the victims of that horrific attack, which killed five and wounded eight. While not all victim information has been released, it appears at least four couples have been separated by death.
Two of the victims were an Ohio couple heading for their 51st wedding anniversary.
Tragedy struck an Ohio family when Shirley Timmons was slain and her husband critically injured during the airport attack.
The couple had flown to Fort Lauderdale on Friday to join the rest of their family for a cruise, WILE-FM (http://bit.ly/2iODNWI) reported.
Timmons’ grandson Steve Reineccius confirmed over Facebook that his grandmother was one of the victims and that his grandfather Steve Timmons was wounded. They were both 70 years old.
Timmons was shot in the head and underwent emergency surgery at a Fort Lauderdale hospital, where he’s in critical condition, the station reported.
http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/content/wabc/images/cms/1692577_630x354.jpg
Terry Andres was on his way to an extended 16-day cruise with his wife, Ann. He was killed during the rampage.
Andres, who was raised in Millville, N.J., was married to Ann for nearly four decades. He volunteered with the Oceana Volunteer Fire Department in Virginia Beach, and worked for a total of about 20 years at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, most recently serving as a radiological control technician.
Kim said her father played golf and tennis. He traveled often for work, one reason why he and Ann were looking forward to 16 days together.
“They hadn’t been on a vacation like this before,” she said.
http://www.local10.com/news/crime/beloved-great-grandmother-died-at-fort-lauderdale-airport-shooting
Olga Woltering and her husband Ralph Woltering were married for 64 years, and were on their way to a cruise to celebrate his 90th birthday. Olga was shot during Santigo’s attack.
Olga Woltering, a beloved great grandmother from Marietta, was among the five who died of gunshot wounds at the FLL airport’s baggage claim area in Terminal 2 on Friday afternoon. The members of the Transfiguration Catholic church in Georgia were mourning the loss on social media.
Jerry de Varennes described Woltering as “a very loving and caring woman.” He also asked for prayers to lift up “a crazy and cruel world.”
http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/fort-lauderdale-victims-photos-shooting-facebook-pictures-shirley-timmons-terry-andres-olga-woltering-michael-oehme-pictures-esteban-santiago/2/
Iowa couple Kari and Michael Oehme were among the victims; Michael was killed and Kari was wounded.
Kari’s mother says Michael died after being shot in the head, and Kari is recovering in a Florida hospital after being shot in the neck and shoulder.
Deb Campbell, a friend of Kari, said Saturday, “Kari is a very kind person and the fact that she lost her husband at the hands of a total lunatic is heartbreaking. Not only will she have to heal physically but how do you heal a broken heart? This world is just insane. Two people just trying to take a vacation get gunned down randomly not to mention the other poor souls who were also killed. Absolutely mindless.”
We extend our prayers and sympathies to the families at this sad time.
Decades together for some of them now left without a spouse on what was to be a highlight of their life vacation.
Sorry for the formatting
A trip to LI will make it clearer.
All were either going on or returning from a cruise
What did the perps arguments on the flight contain? There is much more to this islaamo POS than is being told.
Mohammedanism *is* a mental disorder, so the terrorist’s actions are understood.
I still smell a rat. IMO, this was not just some looney tune who decide to shoot up a bunch of people. There has to be more to the story than what we are hearing so remember the news is coming from our gubmint and the media.
And yet some still wonder why Trump was elected
All the more reason to clamp down on Islam and immigration . . .from all countries and territories
I noticed right away: by and large, people who were too old, too out-of-shape, too fat or too sick to run or to fight, paid the highest price.
Get in the best shape you can. It’s the new world order.
Exercise your 2nd Amendment rights, and avoid venues that don’t allow it.
Train and practice. Lots.
May Trump be good to his word and nationalize constitutional carry, no exceptions for snowflake cities and states.
Yes, exactly so.
This guy walks into an FBI office and confesses he has been studying ISIS propaganda. He is allowed to fly AND CHECK A WEAPON! WTF! Is the FBI this STUPID? Or, do the rules prevent the FBI from doing their jobs?
White folks, that’s who!
I’m thinking that the shooter traveled from Alaska to the Miami area because there are a lot more Jews to kill in south Florida than there are in Alaska. A mass shooting would be a lot more likely to have Jewish victims, particularly elderly ones. It was soon after the FLL shooting that the truck attack happened in Israel.
But if he was there to kill a bunch of people, maybe especially Jews, why did he fail so badly?
He had to know that no one was there to stop him, he should have had at least a 50% kill rate?
‘Course, I can’t speak from experience, so maybe something mental goes on that can’t be overcome.
Which is why Big Media doesn't cover the victims.
100% WHITES, right..?
And in baggage claim there was a wide mixture.
Right...?
“Muslims” -MSM
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