Amy Martinez

He was a scholarship student.

According to his family, he was diagnosed with a medical condition that required brain surgery when he was a kid, and the success of that treatment inspired him to pursue a career in neurosurgery.

But, of course...

It's a dream he sadly will never get a chance to fulfill.

David Wright, correspondent of Long Experience.

Glad you can apply it here.

Thanks so much, sir.

Thanks, Steve.

Australian authorities say the two suspects in Sunday's attack on a Jewish holiday celebration were motivated by the Islamic State group.

Hundreds of people had gathered for an annual beachside event marking the first night of Hanukkah when the pair opened fire, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens more.

Now vigils are being held to remember the victims.

Christina Kulkaja is at Bondi Beach in Sydney where crowds have gathered.

Welcome back.

What are you seeing and hearing there?

And a reminder that the investigation continues.

What are you learning there?

Some people here have been interested in the gun control debate in Australia.

How is that evolving in the days after this attack?

We also heard on NPR yesterday a member of an Australian Jewish group who alleged that the government had been very slow to respond to anti-Semitism over the past couple of years.

How's the government answering that?