In an online fundraiser set up to cover his funeral costs and support his family, Amin Abdullah has been identified as the security guard who was killed in the deadly shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego.
Paying tribute to him, the campaign states: “The San Diego Police Chief stood at a press conference and said Amin ‘played a pivotal role in keeping this from being much worse’. In plain words: Amin put himself between the gunmen and everyone inside.
“Teachers, staff, and more than a dozen children were walked safely out of that building by police that afternoon, hand in hand. They are alive because Amin did his job.”
It adds: “‘Every time you came, he greeted you and welcomed you,’ one community member told reporters. ‘Very energetic, very strong, very professional. You could tell he was willing to do his job greatly.’ He wasn’t just a guard. He was the first face of that community to anyone who came through the door — and the last line of defense when it mattered most.”
The campaign, organised by the Islamic Center and the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic relations, has so far raised over £1 million for Mr Abdullah’s family.
‘Amin put himself between the gunmen and everyone inside,’ the fundraiser said(Image: LaunchGood)
