. >> reporter: similar sentiments were shared by those who knew daniel coughman. >> everybody knew and loved him. the world will suffer from having one less person like him. >> reporter: 21 other victims were also injured in this tragedy. sources say five of the most severely injured are still now. >>> we're hearing the harrowing story of survival tonight from a co worker of the gunman. he says a trip to the bathroom saved his life. it was in there that he was hit with a blast, likely from bathroom wall. i turned back and lacked at the mirror. i can see that aim bloody here, here, and hear. and i don't know what it is. i announced the other people in the rest room, we're under attack. so the one that was beside me, i told him to get down on the floor, and we put our feet against the door to inhibit anybody from entering the rest room. >> into carry is also a medic, and he put those skills to work helping many of his wounded coworkers. >>> this gun massacre reigniting the debate over gun control. big city police chiefs, most of them would like fewer guns in the hands of everyone. but to

until then he still 74 hope that daniel kauch coughman made it out alive. an office holiday party became a father of six, coached youth soccer. and amo played santa for children. and nicolas, a lovini husband. >> i'm sure that h he went down fighting and protecting people. >> reporter: his wife says she knew the gunman, syed farook. >> he never had anything bad to sa about him. >> reporter: he often wore traditional tassels and his wife inks he may have been targeted. >> heta believes in the jewish tradition and i believe my husband was basically martyred. >> reporter: tensert moments unfolding with each passing minute. 21mi wounded, several critical. >>an i will believe it for the patients themselves to tell their own stories. >> reporter: families of the rvivors speaking out. >> door open, gunman started shooting, everyone hit the floor. her sister's body. >> the bullet is apparently stillen somewhere in her abdomen. >> reporter: waiting and praying. >> p you never think it's going to hit that close to home until it happens. >> reporter: but it did. famil

the latest is daniel coughman is believed he ran a coffee shop at the inland regional center. there also appears to be a focus the suspect's possible terror connections. pete williams is reporting that syed farook was in contact with known jihadists in the l.a. area. we've also learned farook and his wife were heavily armed with thousands of rounds of ammunition and more than a dozen pipe bombs, most of which were found at their home. >>> here in washington, the mass shooting has touched off another familiar and furious debate on who to blame and how to prevent the next rampage. news 4's steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with that part of the story. >> jim, thanks. familiar and furious, exactly correct. democrats taking their cues from president obama on pushing various measures to buying the guns. republicans are taking their cues from the nra are focused more on mental health care and jihad. the horror is prompting hugs in california, but finger pointing in washington, where flags fly at half-staff. gop presidential candidates blaming san bernardino onn i islamic terr