Maurice and Rose Cohen's son Charles, then 12, survived the murder of his parents and grandmother Minnie Cohen by hiding in a closet. Charles H. Cohen (January 31, 1937 - September 4, 2009) was the maternal grandfather of Carly Novell, who survived the February 14, 2018, shooting incident at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida by hiding in a closet like her grandfather did in 1949. Charles Cohen died at the age of 72 on September 4, 2009 and buried two days later on September 6, 2009 (during the 60th anniversary of the mass murder and just one month before Unruh's death).