{"id":3715,"date":"2025-12-15T04:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T04:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=3715"},"modified":"2025-12-15T04:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T04:36:08","slug":"as-shots-hit-bondi-beach-jessica-desperately-searched-for-her-toddler-before-diving-to-protect-another-child-bondi-beach-terror-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=3715","title":{"rendered":"As shots hit Bondi beach, Jessica desperately searched for her toddler before diving to protect another child | Bondi beach terror attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jessica Rozen ran, searching desperately for her three-year-old son as the shots rang out at Bondi beach<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Rozen had attended the Chanukah by the Sea event with her family when the terrorist attack began that evening, bringing a terrifying end to the day\u2019s Jewish celebration of light.<\/p>\n

Her husband was running with their toddler when she noticed a little girl screaming. She lay on top of her until the shooting stopped and the girl\u2019s dad came.<\/p>\n

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Photos shared with Guardian Australia show Rozen, with blood in her hair, lying on top of a little girl in a pink shirt with colourful face paint.<\/p>\n

In another video, one of the alleged shooters aims from a footbridge at a group of older men, women and children hiding among white plastic chairs, as they desperately try to huddle to the ground.<\/p>\n

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The little girl was physically unharmed, she said, while Rozen was left with small cuts and grazes. She saw a woman nearby who had been shot in the head.<\/p>\n

Her three-year-old was in the playground with his grandmother, outside the main line of fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe lay on top of him,\u201d Rozen said. \u201cA group of men gathered all the kids and women from the playground and walked them up to the surf club. I don\u2019t know who they are, but I am grateful beyond measure.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing to say is we\u2019re a community of peace, and we were just eating donuts with our kids and celebrating light. No one deserves this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rozen\u2019s actions are among the stories of heroism by ordinary people that have emerged from Sunday\u2019s terror attack at Bondi beach, where two alleged gunmen killed at least 15 people. A further 27 people were in hospital with injuries on Monday.<\/p>\n

In a widely shared video, a bystander \u2013 since identified as Ahmed al Ahmed \u2013 tackles one of the shooters<\/a> and wrestles the weapon from his grip.<\/p>\n

Anthony Albanese on Monday afternoon praised Ahmed\u2019s bravery, saying he grabbed the gun at \u201cgreat risk to himself and suffered serious injury as a result of that, and is currently going through operations today in hospital\u201d.<\/p>\n

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