ProudKangaroo wrote on Apr 16
th, 2024 at 12:35pm:
Sophia wrote on Apr 15
th, 2024 at 1:03pm:
Aquarius wrote on Apr 15
th, 2024 at 12:31pm:
It was fitting that a female cop took him down after the coward targetted females and babies.
However my son queried why some of the men in Westfield didn't gang up and take him down earlier. He said the attacker was very thin and unfit - which is why he cowardly went after females - and babies. A couple of big guys could have easily attacked him from behind. They could have picked up anything to use as a weapon - chairs and bollards. One lone guy did that with a bollard at the top of the escalators. The guy was definitely not going to take on men - like the father who turned around to protect his wife and young daughters and the scumbag took off in a different direction.
There were lots of very young fit and healthy guys in that shopping centre. They should have been protecting the women - and babies. He had a knife - sure - but it wasn't a gun!
Remember Mert Ney who had killed a woman and knifed another and was on a rampage in the Sydney CBD in 2019? He was taken on by a bank worker in a suit, who grabbed a cafe chair and followed him and took him down with that chair along with some other guys who came running with a chair and milk crate and they pinned him down until police came.
(I posted an image here but apparently it is not allowed - yet)
All heroes!
Should have happened in Westfield.
Yes I actually was thinking of that situation with the guy in suit getting a chair and following that idiot. Shouting out to warn everyone etc
I recalled it as I saw the recent footage of the bloke with the bollard.
That dad that protected his wife and kids … when he turned to the perp with arms out… and cowardly the perp veered off away from him.
I was reading how he would go into a particular shop a couple times a week to have his knife sharpened and the shop owner thought it strange knowing he was not a butcher.
It’s obvious the intent was there for a while, the obsession.
Why put your life at risks for strangers who wouldn't even wear a mask to help others?
It's a genuine question. Why are those who were so vocal about not wearing masks question why others wouldn't take action to protect others in this case?
You wouldn't...
Erm… I never said anyone should put their own lives at risk …. in 1st aid we are taught that when a situation arises, we must look around it is safe … to not put ourselves in any danger.
As for those that respond to emergencies, those that don’t or know how to….
We just don’t know ourselves until we are faced with it…suddenly.
Re: mask wearing…… we wore them to protect ourselves yes?
I never said I never wore a mask. I kept my distance and still do.
But recently I was first responder to a lady that was down on a footpath …. Yet I didn’t distance myself but stayed close holding her hand, comforting her until more help and ambo arrived.
Also I stop to assist in car accident scenario where police are relieved in fact, as they don’t cope well with people in hysterics.
It’s all relative my dear Watson.
First aid gives me confidence to assist when needed…
That police woman had training with a gun so that’s her forte.
Tradies are used to physical work so would most likely be physically active to help out.
Dad/mum will think of their children/baby before themselves.
It’s all situational.
Many will be fearful and flee and that’s okay, fear is a life saver too.
So getting back to first lesson in 1st aid… never put yourself in danger …..
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