SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Behind a chain-link fence and under heavy security, workers on Monday returned to their offices at the San Bernardino campus where 14 people died in a massacre last month.
Inland Regional Center employees flashed identification badges to security guards, who ushered them in to a parking lot surrounded by a mesh-wrapped fence as dozens of reporters stood outside.
Since the attack, few employees of the center that serves autistic children and mentally disabled adults have gone to the office, other than for brief visits to gather personal belongings.
A county restaurant inspector targeting his co-workers was joined by his wife in killing 14 and injuring dozens in the Dec. 2 attack. They were motivated by radical Islamist beliefs, according to the FBI.
“It’s scary, really scary. But we, as Americans, just have to face what’s going on and try to move on,” said Melvin Anderson, who helps transport the center’s clients. “We’ve got to pull ourselves together, and we’ve got to go on.”
