His background includes graduating the St. John 's Military School and serving with the US Marine Corps 1986-1993 . He is married and has three children . The Next of Kin Registry became internationally known after appearing on CNN and Larry King after Hurricane Katrina . NOKR is an international free resource for the public to register emergency contact information that is only accessible to emergency agencies during times of urgent need . The organization was founded in 2004 and has been a resource used during Hurricane Katrina , the 7 July 2005 London bombings , the Asian tsunami , the 2012 Aurora shooting , Hurricane Sandy , the Orlando nightclub shooting , Hurricane Harvey , Hurricane Irma , Hurricane Maria , the 2017 Las Vegas shooting , the 2019 Virginia Beach shooting , and other disasters to include daily emergencies . The NOKR organization has volunteers in 50 US states and 87 countries . NOKR is the central depository for emergency contact information in the United States . The NOKR resource is used by more than 400 million registrants
Orlando nightclub shooting
Orlando nightclub shooting
Mark Cerney