{"id":5276,"date":"2015-12-06T22:06:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T22:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/?p=5276"},"modified":"2015-12-06T22:06:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T22:06:39","slug":"the-father-of-three-nfl-players-cousin-60-who-was-killed-during-the-terror-attack-in-san-bernardino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/2015\/12\/06\/the-father-of-three-nfl-players-cousin-60-who-was-killed-during-the-terror-attack-in-san-bernardino\/","title":{"rendered":"The father-of-three NFL player’s cousin, 60, who was killed during the terror attack in San Bernardino"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 60-year-old cousin of New York Giants’ safety\u00a0Nat Berhe has been pictured for the first time since being killed in the San Bernardino massacre four days ago.<\/p>\n

Isaac Amanios, who was born in Eritrea in 1955 and lived through the country’s brutal war of independence, fled his home country to escape violence and came to America in 2000.<\/p>\n

A father-of-three, relatives said Amanios was looking forward to seeing all of his children graduate college, which they are all currently attending.<\/p>\n

According to the LA Times, Amanios leaves behind wife Hiwet, who works as registered nurse at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center.<\/p>\n

The health department worker is also survived by sons\u00a0Bruk and Joseph and daughter, Milka.<\/p>\n

Abraham Amanios, Isaac’s brother, said: ‘Nowhere is safe. It makes you think that wherever I go in public… there is the chance of being threatened or attacked.’<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Berhe paid tribute to Amanios the day after his death, calling him a ‘great human being.’<\/p>\n

He later tweeted: ‘Just got word that one of my cousins was among the 14 killed yesterday, I’m so sick right now.<\/p>\n

‘The true terror is that this keeps happening. I still can’t believe it. Take a moment to think of the families hurting right now.’<\/p>\n

Amanios was one of 14 people killed by terrorist gunmen Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik at Inland Regional Center during a staff Christmas party this week.<\/p>\n

Farook and his wife are thought to have viewed extreme material and Farook may have been in contact with two Al Qaeda-affiliated groups before launching the attack.<\/p>\n

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Isaac’s brother Abraham Amanios (far right) and relatives Fessehatsion Gebreselassie (center) and Fobel Tekleab (left) said he was looking forward to seeing all three of his children graduate college<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The pair burst into the center at around 11am on Wednesday morning before opening fire on staff who had just given them a baby shower for their daughter just six months before.<\/p>\n

As well as the 14 killed, another 19 were wounded before Farook and Malik fled in a black SUV.<\/p>\n

The couple were later discovered around a mile and a half from the center by a police officer carrying out a traffic stop, before opening fire once more, wounding the cop.<\/p>\n

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