Jose De Jesus Hernandez III was a natural. As a child, he motorized his LEGOs. As an adult, he rebuilt cars, tuned them and made them faster. He built drones
members who lost their loved ones in yesterday s attack. we want to support those grieving, as we are all grieving. we know there s more to come about today s incident but today is more than about that, it is about people. many of you reported the names of those who are lost. for us at vta they re friends and family and we want to honor their memory. abdul almond ran worked for vta as a trainer. he started his employment as a bus vta bus operator trainee in 2014 and lately became a maintenance worker and light rail operator. jose de jesus hernandez iii, age 35, started employment in 2012 as transit mechanic, later becoming an electric mechanic and substation retainer.
in the belief that when we go to work, we will come home to our family and our loved ones. that did not happen for adrian, alex, jose, lars, michael, paul, hajibab and timothy. some of us get training on what to do when there s an active shooter event but not about the aftermath. and yesterday i was at the family services center, and i saw that aftermath. and i saw the immense pain in the faces of the family and i heard their cries when they got the news, and it was utterly heart-wrenching. and i felt immensely helpless.