neighborhood special are the people that live and work there i'm welcoming two christian ton and roger wong christen and his father pastor are the heart of tenderloin. and i'm honored to recognition this family today for asian pacific islander heritage month. i want to start with the story of pastor wong who came to america in the 70s from taiwan after being abused by his father vermont he came to america he worked in america after coming out of the grace of yard shifty was waiting for a tow truck he noticed a young boy being physically brutal listed not wanting to get involved he drove away with are heavier heart he felt the presence of a divine presence and wondered how it would have felt to be bullied and next day roger and it's father made up up 50 sandwiches and the following week he brought his wife to the tenderloin and then san francisco impact was born it is now a volunteer nonprofit organization that concludes 5 departments today, we have 11 thousand 189 individuals every month through their come up kitchen program they run a thrift shop and offer affordable closing and have block

he was elliott rogers roommate friends say he planned to move out in june because he felt roger was strange. wong was one of the first victims investigators say rogers stabbed. before attending fremont christian wong was at american high school for a month. jim morris with fremont unified school district. >> in a community like ours there are connections between families or sporting events, students may have had a connection. >> counselling will be offered beginning tomorrow. >> two other students were killed this that rampage the 19-year-olds were among the first people killed the killing spree began in the apartment shared with two, of three bay area students, next, targeting a sorority house and then drove to isla vista deli. >> he was so much a part of our lives, it's hard to imagine how things are going to be like now that he's gone. >> roger then drove through isla vista shooting randomly outside his manifesto detailed hatred for women and blamed them for loneliness and misery. he crashed his bmw and die offed a self inflicted gunshot wound one way area victim who survived is recovering in

friends said he planned to move out of the apartment in june because he felt roger was strange. wong was one of the first victims investigators say that roger stabbed. before attending free mont christian wong was at american high school for about a month. during his freshman year. jim morris with the free mont unified school district. in community like ours there are always connections between families or perhaps through sporting event or other activities where students may have had some connection that's what we need to be prepared for. >>reporter: counseling will be offered to students of american high beginning tomorrow. in fremont, lee ann, abc 7 news. >> father of bay area victim who survived the attack said today he hopes his son will be released from the hospital in the next day or 2. nick of danville still recovering at santa barbara high school. he was there visiting a former san ramone valley high school classmate when he was hit by ror's car. both of nick leg were his broken. surgery over the weekend and one friend says he's trying to focus on recovering now. >> he is in

. >> wong was good friends with james chang, 20 years old. today they leased an apartment with roger. it was a tense arrangement. roger accused chang of stealing some of his candles and chang pled guilty of petty theft. his friends are grieving. they say chang knew everyone and will be deeply missed. >> he will talk to anyone. he was comfortable with who he was. >> he didn't live in the apartment, but he was there to visit. neighbors say he was kind and would always lend a helping happened. the 19-year-old graduated from leyland high school two years ago and at one poimt -- point of the ymca. >> he was a really, really heartwarming guy. he never had problems with absolutely anybody. >> wong and chang were planning to move out of the apartment as soon as the quarter ended which would have been three weeks from now. lilian kim, abc7 news. >> thank you, lilian. the other victims are 23-year-old katherine cooper from chino hills, 19-year-old veronica weiss from westlakeville leming and 24-year-old christopher martinez from loss -- los-osos. sergio continues our coverage live. sergio? >>

. >> wong was good friends with james chang, 20 years old. today they leased an apartment with roger. it was a tense arrangement. roger accused chang of stealing some of his candles and chang pled guilty of petty theft. his friends are grieving. they say chang knew everyone and will be deeply missed. >> he will talk to anyone. he was comfortable with who he was. >> he didn't live in the apartment, but he was there to visit. neighbors say he was kind and would always lend a helping happened. the 19-year-old graduated from leyland high school two years ago and at one poimt -- point of the ymca. >> he was a really, really heartwarming guy. he never had problems with absolutely anybody. >> wong and chang were planning to move out of the apartment as soon as the quarter ended which would have been three weeks from now. lilian kim, abc7 news. >> thank you, lilian. the other victims are 23-year-old katherine cooper from chino hills, 19-year-old veronica weiss from westlakeville leming and 24-year-old christopher martinez from loss -- los-osos. sergio continues our coverage live. sergio? >>

. >> reporter: authorities say at the hands of elliot roger the, these victim's lives were cut short. among the victims wong a teaching assistant for the rainbow school. >> i heard nothing but good things about the victim. >> reporter: a leland high school graduate and counselor for the summer camp in san jose. >> just a wonderful boy. he was involved in the community, they tried to help people. >> reporter: a fremont christian school graduate. neighbors trying to console grief stricken parents. >> i know they were very sad and they were in mourning. so i think this entire neighborhood just kind of our hearts go goes out to the kid especially. >> reporter: all with promising young futures. their dreams now shattered. >> i can't imagine having my opportunities in life cut short by some things unexpected. that's what needed to happen. >> reporter: a vigil is planned thursday night at fremont christian school for david wayne. reporting live in santa cruz, i'm azmith smith, ktvu news. >>> the father of a 20-year-old man who was killed in the rampage railed against u.s. lawmakers for not putting together tougher

. >> reporter: authorities say at the hands of elliot roger the, these victim's lives were cut short. among the victims wong a teaching assistant for the rainbow school. >> i heard nothing but good things about the victim. >> reporter: a leland high school graduate and counselor for the summer camp in san jose. >> just a wonderful boy. he was involved in the community, they tried to help people. >> reporter: a fremont christian school graduate. neighbors trying to console grief stricken parents. >> i know they were very sad and they were in mourning. so i think this entire neighborhood just kind of our hearts go goes out to the kid especially. >> reporter: all with promising young futures. their dreams now shattered. >> i can't imagine having my opportunities in life cut short by some things unexpected. that's what needed to happen. >> reporter: a vigil is planned thursday night at fremont christian school for david wayne. reporting live in santa cruz, i'm azmith smith, ktvu news. >>> the father of a 20-year-old man who was killed in the rampage railed against u.s. lawmakers for not putting together tougher