Westfield Bondi Junction stabbing: Stranger’s heartwarming gesture at Crust Clovelly for paramedics who responded to shopping centre tragedy
A generous young man has been praised after footing the bill to feed paramedics who attended the tragic stabbing scene in Westfield Bondi Junction.
Dozens of first responders rushed to the Sydney shopping center last Saturday after 40-year-old Joel Cauchi stabbed innocent bystanders, killing five women and Westfield security guard Faraz Tahir.
Paramedics, with the help of bystanders, saved a number of lives and rushed them to hospital, including a nine-month-old girl.
Later that evening, a NSW ambulance inspector visited nearby Crust Clovelly and placed a ‘huge’ order of pizzas to feed the hungry and emotionally exhausted crew.
A customer immediately stepped forward and paid the $250 bill without hesitation.
Paramedics were called to Westfield Bondi Junction last Saturday to treat injured victims
A customer at Crust Clovelly paid for $250 worth of pizzas for the ambulance crew
“To the young man who paid our bill, I would like to say a big thank you,” the inspector posted online.
“Having full bellies made sitting down afterwards and having some very difficult conversations much easier.”
The man’s random act of kindness was also praised by Crust Clovelly owner Yashi Soni.
“We heard the news about the Bondi stabbing incident… it was very sad,” he said 7news.com.au.
“That evening I was about to personally go shopping for some products at the mall.
“The staff was a bit scared.”
Inspired by customer generosity, the store donated $200 worth of pizzas to Waverley Police that evening.
Inspector Amy Scott was declared a national hero after she single-handedly confronted Cauchi during the stabbing and shot him dead as he lunged at her with the knife.
“It was a satisfying gesture for us to feel like we could contribute, but the reason behind it was that we were very shocked,” Mr Soni said.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, King Charles III and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese led the chorus of tributes to the emergency workers who responded to the incident last Saturday.
Westfield Bondi Junction reopened for business on Friday as health officials provided a pleasant update on Harriet, the nine-month-old girl injured in the attack that killed her mother Ashlee Good.
Harriet’s condition at Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick has been downgraded from serious to stable after she was moved from intensive care earlier this week.
A NSW ambulance inspector said the random act of kindness after the tragedy ‘made some very difficult conversations much easier’