Vanessa
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I tried to grab one of the policeman's guns and I got people jumped on top of me.
One of the injured policemen you tried to... One of the injured, yeah, his gun had, like, fallen out.
And I tried to grab it.
And I just wanted to go in and save lives.
I understand that.
I understand that.
I was in fight mode.
I said, if I've lost my child and I just knew, like, I know it sounds terrible, I just knew that my husband and...
Capri were next because I saw the gunman walk down.
If it wasn't for Ahmed, I tell you now, my husband and my daughter wouldn't be here and it would have been multiple
Multiple.
More.
It's, you know, we need to heal.
We need to go back.
We need to mourn.
It is our happy place.
We can't fear it.
You know, it's everyone's happy place.
We're Australian.
We deserve to feel free and to not fear.