Posted on 12/14/2025 2:50:26 PM PST by naturalman1975
A man who survived the Bondi Beach attack has described the moment his best friend died a hero while trying to stop the alleged gunmen.
Reuven Morrison, who serves as an assistant at Bondi's Wellington Street synagogue, put himself in harm's way after meeting his friend Vladimir at the Hannukah event at Bondi Beach on Sunday.
An emotional Vladimir, who says he would have been caught up in the gunfire if he hadn't needed to find parking, said of the shooting: 'I saw everything and now my best friend is dead. He died in front of me.'
Vladimir, who is originally from the Soviet Union but has been an Australian since the 1970s, said he was returning from the Hannukah celebration to sort out his car when the shooting began.
'I was leaving. I asked Reuven about what time to turn on the Chanukah lights and then I was walking away,' he told the Daily Mail.
'I'd walked about 50 metres when I heard the shots and I turned around and there was a Chinese lady and her child and I said "get down!" and maybe that's what saved me too.
People started running and I looked up and saw the guy shooting from the bridge above towards the Chanukah area.
'Then some Australian guys not connected with the Chanukah celebration started saying "let's do something" and started looking for sticks to attack the shooters.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
That was all caught on camera and became known quite quickly.
But he wasn't the only hero there. As time goes on, I expect a number of others to become more apparent.
“Australian guys...started looking for sticks to attack the shooters.”
Do we know the regious affiliation of Ahmed al Ahmed?
I have seen speculation, but nothing for certain.
How could there be a mass shooting of Jewish people in Australia where they have strict gun laws and deny anti-semitism?
I haven’t seen anything ‘official’ that I’d regard as definitely reliable about his religion.
Headline:
Australian Government Prevents People from Defending Themselves, 12 Die!
I’ve seen postings on X, allegedly from people who know him, saying he’s Lebanese Christian.
I’ve heard he was a Syrian Christian Maronite but can’t seem to find it confirmed anywhere.
So this good Christian was a Christian.
“Australian guys...started looking for sticks to attack the shooters.”
Because Australia has regressed them to aboriginal-quality weapons.
“ started saying “let’s do something” and started looking for sticks to attack the shooters.”
Sticks. That’s what you’ve been reduced to.
Pathetic.
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Thanks for posting this. My condolences to you and to all Aussies who mourn.
Pathetic laws, but not pathetic men who risk their lives with nothing more than sticks. Stupid and pathetic law makers have facilitated this atrocity.
“ Stupid and pathetic law makers have facilitated this atrocity.”
Who elected them?
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I thought Australia was gun free.
Personally, I couldn't care less. Nor his political affiliation......
He was a hero and that's all that matters in this and subsequent articles about this tragic event.
“Looking for Sticks”-—
Really Frightening Situation.
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The States won’t See That..
At Least not in My Lifetime.
This is quoted from another/earlier post:
Ahmed Al Ahmed, aged 43, the hero in today’s Bondi, Australia murders, is a Lebanese Maronite Christian who owns a shop selling Christian products.
His Arabic name has confused many into thinking he is Muslim.
Maronite Catholics are the largest Christian group in Lebanon, followed by Greek Orthodox.
.. Lebanese Christians...have fought Lebanese Muslims for centuries.
Don’t be so sure. All it takes is an AOC presidency and your guns will be confiscated a la Australia. Pack scotus and reverse heller is their game plan.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
I just wish he’d have shot the guy when he had the chance. Apparently the Muslim MF-er made it to the bridge and continued shooting alongside the other terrorist.
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