Australian here - we have this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_of_the_Year
Sincerely hope he's awarded the next one.
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Legend! This guy should be given a HERO status and have free everything for life.
Shot twice by the other cunt, to boot.
I guess once you head on that path, you don't stop until you have stopped the assailant, or they've stopped you.
Ender's Game. There is only ONE solution that will ensure that the guy will never give you a problem again.
Presidential Medal of Freedom, I mean he should get one, maybe when we have an actual president again.
The US President doesn't typically give out medals to Australians.
FIFA typically doesn't give out peace prizes, either. This timeline is just dumb enough that I could see tRump trying.
Would be funny if he did tbh.
I always picture myself heroically charging the gunman with a few people I made eye contact with right before, but this guy actually went and did it. Solo to boot.
You might be surprised what you'll do when the shit hits the fan. I've saved my own life twice, arguably three times. I think most people can summon more courage than they think when confronted with life-or-death decisions.
It's just that most have been scared shitless, but not "I'm going to fucking die if I don't act in the next 3-seconds" kinda scared shitless. Time crawls, our brain starts sorting solutions, picks one, acts.
This man was extra though. His life wasn't immediately in danger, he could have frozen or run backwards. But sometimes our monkey brain says, "attack the threat to the tribe" and we just go. He went.
Imagine carrying that extra confidence for life. Hero indeed.
I saved a man's life once (AFAIK, I'm unaware if he actually survived after first responders took over).
I almost killed myself later that day, overdosing on meds. Not everyone is equipped to deal with that kind of stress.
Hey. Glad you're still with us.
I'm not. But then again, never have been glad to be here.
Well, the man you saved, and his family and friends, are glad you're here, and so are we. Extend yourself some grace.
You really never know until the moment comes. If you're that kind of person, your mind just blanks and you're suddenly doing things
I always imagine i'm just freeze up. But who knows.
You really never know until you're in the moment.
I was once in a situation like that... When people started screaming I was already carrying my niece under one arm (who was a preteen no longer usually carried) and bringing her to my stepdad and telling him to get her out of here. I didn't realize what I was doing, I didn't hear her asking me what was happening until I was power walking towards the screaming and telling my mom (a nurse) who asked what to do that she should follow me to see if there was something to be done
Turns out a woman offed herself in a bathroom, there was nothing to be done. I snapped out of it, and I was more disturbed by how calm I was during the whole thing than anything else
But now I know. My mind will shut off and I'll act...I have the memory of what I did, but not a single thought went through my head during the event. I was equally ready to fight someone with a gun barehanded or to cover my hands in blood to slow the bleeding. I probably would barely notice getting shot in that state
I guess I always thought I'd be the heroic type, but lots of people do. I'm shocked at how effective I was in the moment... My priorities were followed perfectly, I locked the fuck in, head empty, no thoughts, no hesitation
I think that's always what it's like. And that's why you never really know... I'm not a leader, in fact my step dad is and I hate telling people what to do. But when the chips are down, I bark orders that people obey and run towards the danger automatically
And I'm pretty proud of that
Somebody give him a fifa peace prize.
On Sky News (of course), there was a "Member of local Jewish community" who immediately blamed the shooting on Pro-Palestinian rallies. Also espousing "from the river to the sea" is KILL ALL JEWS. Can't make this shit up
Mate, I'm in Portugal and of all the countries and people who made statements about this attack, the only one the news TV station I was watching actually played was the one from the Israeli government.
These fucking assholes are very purposefully feeding the very "Israel and Jewish People are the same thing" that makes people thing that the sociopathic genocidal mass murdering of chidren done by Israel is a Jewish Thing, which in turn feed the real anti-semitism.
To support a modern day white colonialist ethno-Fascist project (and the local Fascists who support it) these people are activelly fostering an environment were innocents are killed because they're Jewish.
What's the story?
Shooting in Bondi beach, Australia. What appears to be two Muslims opened fire on a Jewish event. The guy pictured above, unarmed, disarmed one of the shooters that was armed with a pump action shotgun before apparently getting shot twice - though getting shot wasn't in the footage I watched
Damn, the world needs more Ahmeds.
The architects of AI did not even include those who did the science, right?... Only those who try to make money based on that....
2 or 3 of them were scientists, but they only chose the most famous ones who don't have time for science anymore.
Absolute legend! Certified badass.
The gentleman is 43? What the hell do i look like? Cuz i know I am not aging gracefully
He must have led a hard life....
Yet another example of immigrants coming here and disrupting the lives of honest ~~white~~ mass murderers. How dare they.
EDIT: Not white, it seems.
But that's the difference between well integrated Muslims (who shoot at Jewish people as a white supremacist would) and not integrated people who reject racism and stop any killing of people. All this peace and love is not compatible with Western values.