Identified Fatalities (8)
» Alan Buckley, 59, Simi Valley, Fleet Mechanic City of Burbank
» Spree Desha, 35, Simi Valley, LAPD Officer
» Walt Fuller, 54, Simi Valley, Tower Manager/Air Traffic Controller , Burbank Airport
» Ernest Kish, 47, Thousand Oaks
» Paul Long, 54, Moorpark, English Teacher, Oaks Christian School
» Manuel Macias, Jr., 31, Santa Paula, Yoga Instructor
» Donna Remata, 49, Simi Valley, Los Angeles MTA employee
» Maria Villalobos, 18, None
Records last updated Sept. 13, 2008 at 6:50 p.m.
One of my daughter’s Navy girlfriends was on that train. She had just called my daughter and moved back a couple cars so that she wouldn’t disturb the passengers around her with their conversation and was still there when this happened. The car she was in originally was one of the ones that got smooshed. I don’t think she realizes yet that Someone above was watching out for her.
In reference to Maria Elena Villalobos, where her occupation states none:
Veronica Gonzalez spent a frantic night and day searching local hospitals for her niece Maria Elena Villalobos before learning she was among the dead.
“She was just the sweetest, kindest, always-trying-to-help-everyone person you would ever meet,” Gonzalez said of the 18-year-old, who had just started her first semester at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in downtown Los Angeles.