New York Governor David Paterson said it was a tragic day for the
state.
At the gunman's home in Johnson City on Friday night, the police
were seen removing a rifle case, a box
with a picture of a rifle on
the side, and two black boxes that may have been handgun cases.
(Photo: Heather Ainsworth/Associated Press)
Remembering the Victims
The 13 people killed when a gunman opened fire Friday at an
immigration services center in Binghamton,
N.Y., were from all
points of the globe: the United States, China, Haiti, Vietnam, Iraq,
Brazil, the Philippines
and Pakistan. Left, mourners outside the
Islamic Organization of the Southern Tier in Johnson City for a
memorial service for Parveen Ali, from Pakistan, and Layla Khalil, a
native of Iraq.
(Photo: Damon Winter/The New York Times)
Mrs. Khalil in the graduation gown of her son, Mustafa Alsalihi, a
student at Binghamton High School.
"She was to come to my graduation
this year," said Mustafa, 17.
"She said, 'I want to see you graduate
in America.'"
Mrs. Khalil, 57, had immigrated from Jordan seven months ago after
fleeing the violence in Iraq, said
Ehtisham Siddiqui, president of the
Islamic Organization of the Southern Tier. "That's one of the ironies
of the situation," Mr. Siddiqui said. "Her husband was just telling me
how they were so happy to be in
such a peaceful place at last."
(Photo: Damon Winter/The New York Times)
Omri Yigal, 53, left, first heard that his wife,
Dolores, also 53, had escaped the shooting.
He later learned
that she had not.
Ms. Yigal's passport. She and her husband led a quiet life in
Binghamton. A homemaker from the
Philippines, she stayed home for most
of the day, washing clothes by hand, ironing Mr. Yigal's T-shirts
and
boxer shorts. She enrolled, reluctantly, at the association for
English classes, the first step to
finding work, maybe as a baby
sitter or a classroom aide, Mr. Yigal said.
(Photo: Damon Winter/The New York Times)
Roberta King, one of the victims, teaches an English
class at the American Civic
Association in 2008.
Maria and Lubomyr Zobniw were married for 37 years.
For the past four years, Maria worked part
time as a caseworker at the American Civic Association, where she was
killed along with 12
other people by gunman Jiverly Wong.
Among the 13 people Jiverly Wong shot dead was 35-year-old
Hong Xiu Mao,
a jovial, hardworking woman whom friends knew as "Amy."
