These Are The Victims Of The San Bernardino Shooting

Nicholas Thalasinos, 52, pictured here with his wife, Jennifer, was a health inspector who moved to California from New Jersey, a friend told Philly.com. He had worked for San Bernardino's Department of Health for 12 or 13 years, his wife told ABC7. She said they had met online and were both Messianic Jews. Thalasinos and shooter Syed Farook were friendly and belonged to the same "little group" of colleagues, The New York Times reported.

Thalasinos was attending the holiday party at the Inland Regional Center building when Farook and Tashfeen Malik stormed the conference room, a friend posted on Facebook. His wife confirmed his death on Twitter late Wednesday. A friend paid homage to him on Facebook, saying he was one of the "nicest, honest, and godly men I know. I'm going to miss our talks and him calling to check on me almost everyday." Another friend wrote on Facebook, "I remember him caring about those who were less fortunate than himself."

Michael Raymond Wetzel, 37, worked as the supervising environmental health specialist for San Bernardino County, his LinkedIn page says. Early Wednesday, Wetzel's wife Renee posted a cry for help on Facebook. "My husband was in the meeting where the shooting happened," she wrote. "I have not been able to get in touch with him. Please please pray that he is ok."

A family spokesperson confirmed his death to ABC7. The Church of the Woods in Arrowhead, California, also posted the news on Thursday. Wetzel leaves behind six children. Friends created a YouCaring crowdfunding page in order to help his family.

"Michael was the most amazing person. He was my best friend and an incredible father who was loved by all. He loved his work and his family so very much. Without him, this family will never be the same," Renee said in a statement to HuffPost. Celia Behar, who knows Wetzel's wife through a support group for mothers they are both involved in, provided the statement.

L. Daniel Kaufman, 42, was from Rialto, California. He ran the coffee shop inside the building in which the shooting took place, his boyfriend Ryan Reyes told the Los Angeles Times. Reyes waited for 22 hours to discover Kaufman's fate. He could not find Kaufman at any of the nearby hospitals or at the community center where families were reuniting with survivors. He finally learned Thursday morning that Kaufman had passed.

"Daniel, we all love you so much and will miss you until the end of time," a friend wrote on Facebook. "He was a funny, vibrant, fun loving guy who was always smiling," another friend wrote.

Damian Meins, 58, of San Pedro, California, had only been working for San Bernardino County for a short period of time. Previously, he was a physical education teacher at St. Catherine's School in Riverside, according to a Facebook post from a former student. Meins was a "bright light" that has been "extinguished from our world in a most tragic way," said an email to employees from the Riverside County Transportation & Land Management Agency, reported in the Los Angeles Times.

Sierra Clayborn, 27, was an environmental health specialist for the county. People magazine reported she’d been with the county for almost two years.

A relative confirmed her death with the magazine and her sister Tamishia Claiborne mourned her death on Facebook. “RIP Baby sis I love you more than you ever knew,” she wrote. “My heart is broken."

Bennetta Bet-Badal, 46, was married and the mother of three children, ages 10, 12 and 15, according to an online campaign to raise money for her family. That site said she was born in Iran but fled to the United States at 18 to escape persecution of Christians.

She majored in chemistry at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona before taking a job with the San Bernardino County health department as an inspector.

“She loved her job, her community and her country. Her greatest love, however, was for her husband, her children and her large extended family," the GoFundMe page for her family says.

Raised in York, Pennsylvania, Harry A. Bowman moved to California more than 15 years ago. The 46-year-old lived in Upland and worked as a statistical analyst with the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health's Division of Environmental Health Services, The Press Enterprise reported.

Bowman leaves behind two daughters, ages 11 and 15, his mother told The Los Angeles Times.