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Fourteen people died in a mass shooting at a San Bernardino social services center where county health officials were holding their holiday party.The victims were identified as:Shannon Johnson, 45, of Los AngelesBennetta Bet-Badal, 46, of RialtoAurora Godoy, 26, of San JacintoIsaac Amanios, 60, of FontanaLarry Kaufman, 42, of RialtoHarry Bowman, 46, of UplandYvette Velasco, 27, of FontanaSierra Clayborn, 27, of Moreno ValleyRobert Adams, 40, of YucaipaNicholas Thalasinos, 52, of ColtonTin Nguyen, 31, of Santa AnaJuan Espinoza, 50, of HighlandDamian Meins, 58, of RiversideMichael Wetzel, 37, of Lake ArrowheadThe San Bernardino County Coroner's Office said they finished processing the scene at the Inland Regional Center early Thursday morning. The victims' families were notified by Thursday afternoon.“This shooting has caused each victims' family, friends and co-workers, along with the first responders, to suffer an enormous personal tragedy," San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said in a news release. "We must stand strong and offer support to each individual affected by this senseless attack."San Bernardino police said Thursday morning 21 people were wounded in Wednesday's attack by a county restaurant inspector and his wife. Many more people survived.Here are some of the survivor's stories: ___ JULIE PAEZ The San Bernardino County health worker was attending a holiday work party at the center when the two attackers stormed in and opened fire. Paez, who tests water safety for the health department, was shot at least twice and a bullet shattered her pelvis, her son, Nick Paez, told The Associated Press by phone. She managed to send her family a message through a group chat app to say she had been shot and included a selfie that showed just her face, her son said. "It was a picture of her with a half-smile," he said. "She just wanted to send us something so we would know what was happening." After receiving the photo, the family "didn't know if she was alive or dead. I mean, I see on the news 14 people dead and she told me she was shot," he said. Paez's father frantically checked hospitals for his wife. At the same time, she was giving nurses in the emergency room her husband's contact information. Her family had to wait eight hours to see her as she underwent surgery and then was whisked to the intensive-care unit, Nick Paez said. The photo she sent helped sustain her son. "She's a really strong-willed, tough woman," he said. "If there's anyone who could go through it, it's her." ___ PATRICK BACCARI A co-worker of one of the shooters said he was sitting at the same table as Syed Farook at the banquet before Farook suddenly disappeared, leaving his coat on his chair. Baccari said that when the shooting started, he took refuge in a bathroom and suffered minor wounds from shrapnel slicing through the wall. The shooting lasted about five minutes, he said, and when he looked in the mirror, he realized he was bleeding. "If I hadn't been in the bathroom, I'd probably be laying dead on the floor," he said. ___ Associated Press writers Michael R. Blood and Christine Armario in Los Angeles and Alina Hartounian in Phoenix contributed to this report.