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A couple killed in the Bondi Beach shooting tried to stop one of the alleged attackers by grabbing his gun, dramatic dashcam footage shows.
Boris Gurman, 69, and his wife Sofia, 61, courageously stepped in to try and protect others before being shot themselves, their family said in a statement.
Video of the incident shows Mr Gurman, who was retired, wrestling with one of the alleged gunmen and taking the weapon off him, before they both fall onto the road.
Mr Gurman then gets up and appears to hit the suspected attacker with the gun. The attacker is then thought to have got another gun which he used to kill them.
"While nothing can lessen the pain of losing Boris and Sofia, we feel an overwhelming sense of pride in their bravery and selflessness," the family said.
"This encapsulates who Boris and Sofia were - people who instinctively and selflessly tried to help others."
The Gurman couple, who were Jewish, were the first two people killed in Sunday's attack, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
At least 15 people have been confirmed dead in the shooting, which happened during an event to mark the first day of Hanukkah.
In their statement, the family said the couple had been married for 34 years.
"We are heartbroken by the sudden and senseless loss of our beloved Boris and Sofia Gurman.
"Boris was a retired mechanic, known for his generosity, quiet strength and willingness to lend a hand to anyone in need.
"Sofia worked at Australia Post and was deeply loved by her colleagues and community.
"Bondi locals, together they lived honest, hardworking lives and treated everyone they met with kindness, warmth and respect. Boris and Sofia were devoted to their family and to each other. They were the heart of our family, and their absence has left an immeasurable void."

GoFundMeWitnesses have described Mr Gurman as a "hero".
The woman who owns the dashcam footage told Reuters that Mr Gurman "did not run away - instead, he charged straight toward the danger, using all his strength trying to wrestle away the gun and fighting to the death".
"I can see from my camera that the elderly man was ultimately shot and collapsed. That moment broke my heart," she said.
Another person who said they witnessed the incident told 9News: "He was a hero. He tried, he tried. We need to let his family know.
"Everyone needs to know what he tried, because it was right in the beginning. And he put himself in that face of danger. There were bullets flying already, and he put his self in the face of danger."
Police have described the attack as a terrorist incident targeting the Jewish community.
The other victims killed include a 10-year-old girl, a British-born rabbi, a retired police officer, and a Holocaust survivor.
The ages of the victims range from 10 to 87.
A further 22 people remain in hospital, nine of whom are in a critical condition.
Another bystander named Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, was also hailed a "hero" after he wrestled a gun from one of the attackers. He was shot multiple times and has since undergone surgery for his wounds.
Earlier this week, his father told BBC Arabic his son "saw the victims, the blood, women and children lying on the street, and then acted".
"Ahmed was driven by his sentiment, conscience and humanity," he said.

PA MediaSelf-evidently, the BBC has a big decision to make. If it hoped the President might not follow through on his threat to sue, the reality check has arrived.
Now it's about gaming out the options but current indications are it plans to fight.
"We will be defending this case", the BBC repeated after the $5bn (£3.7bn) lawsuit was filed over an edit of Trump's 6 January 2021 speech in a Panorama documentary.
But what are the pros and cons of that stance - and will it change its position?
Many, both inside and outside the BBC, have told me the BBC has to fight. It has to defend its journalism against a litigious president who, some claim, has been using legal action against US media companies to cow them into submission.
So one positive - particularly if the BBC is confident it would win - is to take on Trump and show the world it isn't afraid of the president and his multi-billion dollar threats.
Legally, the BBC considers itself on good ground.
Trump's case appears to rely on two main points - jurisdiction and malice.
He is suing from Florida and needs to prove that audiences in the so-called Sunshine State saw the Panorama programme, in order to prove that it impacted him negatively.
One claim in his filing is that viewers watched via virtual private networks (or VPNs). Even if that is correct, did that happen in significant numbers to cause him reputational damage and can the BBC really be held responsible for the behaviour of unlawful users of its services?
Claims about a Canadian company called Blue Ant Media distributing the documentary in the US would be more problematic if true.
The company has since confirmed it had the rights to distribute the programme but "none of Blue Ant's buyers have aired it in the US," a spokesperson said. They added that the international version of the Panorama episode didn't actually contain the clip of the Trump speech in question, as the programme had been cut down in a number of places for time.
If that is correct, that leaves the question of whether audiences viewed the Panorama via a subscription to Britbox, as has also been alleged. We haven't yet heard back from Britbox on that point.
The BBC is adamant the programme wasn't broadcast in the US.
The president's case also relies on a claim of malice; that the BBC intended to do him harm. He's arguing it published the documentary one week before the election with "the express intent of interfering with it and trying to undermine President Trump's odds of winning re-election".
I watched the documentary. I viewed it as an assessment of the approach taken by Trump's most fervent supporters and whether claims about him, including about 6 January, have dented their admiration.

Getty ImagesThe clip of the speech is 12 seconds, in a 57-minute programme. The BBC admits the edit was an unintentional mistake. The president's filing argues the corporation would not have spliced two parts of his speech together unless it was intentional.
He is also relying on other examples he claims show the BBC has a history of reporting on him in a negative manner. The filing says "the BBC had no regard for the truth about President Trump" and characterises the BBC as making an effort "to craft as one-sided an impression and narrative against President Trump as possible".
The BBC rejects this. Which will make for a fascinating court debate - if it actually gets that far.
Another potential positive of fighting, though the BBC would never acknowledge this, could be how it cements its brand, with a section of US consumers at least. The corporation is making a big play of bundling its content in the US via an app it hopes people will pay for. Would a high profile fight with Trump make some parts of the US more likely to sign up? It's certainly a high risk strategy.
Clearly one downside of fighting is that it will be costly. Chris Ruddy, a friend and ally of Donald Trump and chief executive of the US news network Newsmax, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that going to court would cost between $50-100 million, whereas he claimed the BBC could settle for $10 million.
Any suggestion of using funds from licence fee payers to pay off President Trump as part of a settlement would be a difficult look for the corporation. Equally, spending millions to fight the case in court would open the BBC up to claims it had squandered precious funds.
The BBC has insurance - but we don't know what that covers. Is it the legal costs or only the settlement, and is that up to a maximum amount?
Another negative is how much it will divert the institution when top executives need to be fully focused on the negotiations with the government over the next BBC Charter, the framework for the BBC's very existence, which is up at the end of 2027.
At a time of leadership vacancies, with the director general and the CEO of news having resigned, instead of fighting for the future of the BBC and its funding model and role here in the UK, it is having to navigate what is arguably the most serious legal moment in its history. It can try to do both - but can it do them both well?
The point about "lawfare", as it's often termed, is that it's less about the outcome and more about the toll it takes to fight.
There is no reason for Donald Trump to back down. It suits him to pick a fight with the BBC - and the BBC has already acknowledged it made an error. He appears to want to demonstrate there is bias and it goes wider than one TV edit.
But how many hours of BBC time will have to be expended to fight the case?
If you look at some of the previous cases the resident has fought, some media companies agreed to settle (including ABC for $15 million and Paramount/CBS for $16 million), even when legal commentators argued they could have won their cases. In the end, they took the view that the negatives outweighed the positives (although the CBS case was made more complicated by Paramount's efforts to take over Skydance Media which needed regulatory approval).
Other US titles are fighting back, including the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) which faces at $10 billion claim over a story about Trump and a note it reported he wrote to Jeffrey Epstein. The WSJ says its stories are factually accurate.
The New York Times faces a $15 billion lawsuit over the President's claims it sought to undermine his 2024 candidacy and disparage his reputation as a businessman. That paper is also fighting back - and characterises what is happening as part of a wider global attack on media freedom.
But the BBC has a different equation to calculate as it has already accepted it made a mistake.
Is there a world in which the BBC asks the Prime Minister to intervene and Starmer calls Trump and asks President Trump to be magnanimous?
We know this Labour government backs the BBC. Despite a series of controversies and mistakes including around two Israel/Gaza documentaries and the Panorama edit, when the Culture Secretary launched the green paper into charter renewal on Tuesday, she was fulsome in her praise of the corporation as being vital for the health of democracy and a light on the hill in dark times.
But at a Downing Street briefing, the PM's spokesperson wasn't exactly leaping at the idea that his boss would use up any leverage he might have with Donald Trump to persuade him to back down over the BBC.
The next stage is for the BBC to respond to the filing - not in any detail, but if it doesn't respond, Trump's lawyers can ask a court to make a judgement by default. There is no definitive smoking gun in this lawsuit. But these are perillous times and, whatever it says publicly, the BBC will be weighing up its next steps with a great deal of caution.

Getty ImagesLabour's flagship workers' rights bill has passed its last parliamentary hurdle and is set to become law before Christmas.
Lord Sharpe, the shadow business and trade minister, had tabled an amendment to the Employment Rights Bill during its latest stage of parliamentary ping pong in the House of Lords.
But he withdrew the amendment after a short debate, removing the final block on the bill's passage.
Business Secretary Peter Kyle he was "delighted" the bill had made its way through the House of Lords.
"This landmark legislation, now soon to be in law, will drag Britain's outdated employment laws into the 21st century and offer dignity and respect to millions more in the workplace," he said.
Most of the bill's measures will require secondary legislation before coming into force.
The government has described the bill - which applies to England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland - as the "biggest upgrade to rights at work for a generation".
It will give workers access to sick pay and paternity leave from the first day on the job and contains new protections for pregnant women and new mothers.
In November, Labour backed down from its plan to give all workers the right to claim unfair dismissal from their first day in a job. But the government will bring in enhanced protections from six months in employment, the bill's most significant measure.
It is expected to gain royal assent this week.
Unite union's general secretary Sharon Graham said the bill must now be implemented "without any further dilution or delay".
"Labour need now to stop being embarrassed by these new laws for workers. The bill had already been watered far too much, not least the failure to ban fire and rehire and zero hours contracts," she said.
The Trades Union Congress's (TUC) general secretary Paul Nowak said it was a "historic day and early Christmas present for working people across the country".
"Finally, working people will enjoy more security, better pay and dignity at work thanks to this bill," he said, echoing Unite's calls for the legislations to be implemented "at speed".
But the Conservatives said it was "ironic Labour's job-destroying unemployment bill passed the very same day official figures confirmed unemployment has risen every month this government has been in office".
The party was referring to figures published on Tuesday showing UK unemployment rose to 5.1% in the three months to October, from 4.3% a year earlier.
Shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith said: "[The bill] will pile costs onto small businesses, freeze hiring, and ultimately leave young people and jobseekers paying the price for Labour's capitulation to their union paymasters."
In a joint statement on Monday, ahead of the deadlock ending, business groups including the British Chambers of Commerce and the Federation of Small Businesses said they remained concerned about some of the bill's changes.
But they said to keep the six-month qualifying period for unfair dismissal the legislation as it currently was should now be passed.

National LotteryOne lucky couple has beaten extraordinary odds to win £1million on the National Lottery - for the second time.
Richard Davies, 49, and Faye Stevenson-Davies, 43, first scooped a seven-figure jackpot playing the EuroMillions Millionaire Maker in June 2018.
And now they have done it again by matching five main numbers and the Bonus Ball in the Lotto draw on 26 November - the chances of which are more than 24-trillion-to-one, say experts.
"We knew the odds of it happening again were outrageous, but we're proof that if you believe anything is possible," said Faye, from mid Wales.
But, as Richard explained, their second win was not a case of simply picking the right numbers.
"It came to us through a series of four consecutive Lotto draws," he said.
"When you match two numbers in the Lotto draw, you automatically win a Lucky Dip for the next game and that's what's happened to us.
"We matched two numbers and won a free Lucky Dip from one draw which put us into the next draw and so on, until the winning draw on 26 November."
However, this latest windfall is unlikely to change the couple's community-minded attitude.
Former hairdresser Richard uses his skills at a shelter for the homeless in Cardiff, a project which received vital National Lottery funding, while also helping out friends by working as a delivery driver.

National LotteryMeanwhile, ex-nurse Faye is a volunteer cook at Cegin Hedyn community kitchen in Carmarthen, while also providing mental health counselling services to local organisations such as Brecon & District Mind charity.
"The first time we won we gifted people cars, donated a minibus to the local rugby team and did our best to help friends and family," said Faye, who will even be working on Christmas Day.
"It was all new and it was amazing to be able to make a difference.
"This time around, who knows? We're just going to take our time and enjoy the moment."
Andy Carter, senior winners' adviser at Allwyn, operator of The National Lottery, said: "I can still remember the day I met Richard and Faye for the first time, and it's just as special to be with them as they celebrate their second £1m win.
"I saw the positive impact of that first win and know this second one will be just as meaningful."

Elio Della Ferrera, Arch. PaleoStelvioThousands of dinosaur footprints dating back 210 million years have been found in a national park in northern Italy.
The footprints - some of which are up to 40cm (15in) in diameter - are aligned in parallel rows, and many show clear traces of toes and claws.
It is thought the dinosaurs were prosauropods - herbivores with long necks, small heads and sharp claws.
"I never would have imagined I'd come across such a spectacular discovery in the region where I live," said Milan-based paleontologist Cristiano Dal Sasso.

Illustrazione di Fabio Manucci, Arch. PaleoStelvioLast September a photographer spotted the footprints stretching hundreds of metres on a vertical mountain wall in the Stelvio national park, north-east of Milan.
In the Triassic period - between about 250 and 201 million years ago - the wall was a tidal flat, which later became part of the Alpine chain.
"This place was full of dinosaurs; it's an immense scientific treasure," Mr Dal Sasso said.
The herds moved in harmony, he added, "and there are also traces of more complex behaviours, like groups of animals gathering in a circle, perhaps for the purposes of defence."
The prosauropods, which could be up to 10m (33ft) long, walked on two legs but in some cases handprints were found in front of footprints, indicating that they probably stopped and rested their forelimbs on the ground.

Elio Della Ferrera, Arch. PaleoStelvioElio Della Ferrera, the photographer who discovered the site, said he hoped the discovery would "spark reflection in all of us, highlighting how little we know about the places we live in: our home, our planet."
According to a press release from the Italian culture ministry, the area is remote and not accessible by paths, so drones and remote sensing technology will be employed instead.
The Stelvio national park is located in the Fraele valley by Italy's border with Switzerland, near where the Winter Olympics will take place next year.
"It's as if history itself wanted to pay homage to the greatest global sporting event, combining past and present in a symbolic passing of the baton between nature and sport," said the Italian Ministry of Culture.

ReutersThe European Union has watered down its plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2035.
Current rules state that new vehicles sold from that date should be "zero emission", but carmakers, particularly in Germany, have lobbied heavily for concessions.
Under the European Commission's new plan, 90% of new cars sold from 2035 would have to be zero-emission, rather than 100%.
According to the European carmakers association, ACEA, market demand for electric cars is currently too low, and without a change to the rules, manufacturers would risk "multi-billion euro" penalties.
The remaining 10% could be made up of conventional petrol or diesel cars, along with hybrids.
Carmakers will be expected to compensate for the extra emissions created by these vehicles by using biofuels and so-called e-fuels, which are synthesised from captured carbon dioxide.
They will also be expected to use low-carbon steel made in the European Union in the vehicles they produce.
Opponents of the move have warned that it risks undermining the transition towards electric vehicles and leaving Europe exposed in the face of foreign competition.
The green transport group T&E has warned that the UK should not follow the EU's lead by weakening its own plans to phase out the sale of conventional cars under the Zero Emission Vehicles Mandate.
"The UK must stand firm. Our ZEV mandate is already driving jobs, investment and innovation into the UK. As major exporters we cannot compete unless we innovate, and global markets are going electric fast", said T&E UK's director Anna Krajinska.

BBCThe man whose instinctive act stopped the car that injured 134 fans at the Liverpool FC victory parade has insisted he was "not a hero".
Dan Barr, 41, managed to get inside the automatic Ford Galaxy and forced its gear selector into 'park' mode as driver Paul Doyle tried to accelerate further into the dense crowd of pedestrians on Liverpool's Water Street.
Mr Barr, a former solider, described the "horrendous" sight of seeing victims pleading in vain for Doyle, 54, to stop, and told the BBC: "I'm not the same since that day."
Despite being hailed for his bravery by police and prosecutors, Mr Barr said being called a hero makes him "cringe" and added: "Every man that I seen was trying to do the same."
Earlier Doyle, from Croxteth in Liverpool, was jailed for 21 years and six months at Liverpool Crown Court after admitting 31 offences including causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent.
The court head Doyle, an IT networking engineer and former Royal Marine, was motivated by nothing other than "blind rage" as he grew frustrated about being unable to get through the crowds while on his way to pick up a friend.
His victims ranged in age from six-month-old Teddy Eveson, whose pram was knocked to the ground, to 77-year-old Susan Passey who was trapped under the wheels of the car.
Liverpool fan Mr Barr, from Birkenhead in Wirral, had watched the parade on the city's waterfront and found himself in the throngs of people heading back to the city centre along Water Street, shortly before 18:00 BST.
The former Royal Engineer said he noticed an ambulance trying to get through the dense crowd and moved to the right of where it was heading.
Mr Barr said his memory of what happened next is "blurry", but he described seeing the roof of a dark coloured car "snaking through" the crowd, knocking people into the air as it got closer to where he was standing.
"I just remember for some reason, I don't know why, but his vehicle stopped for a bit," he said.
Mr Barr said realised he had a clear path to the rear left hand side door and instinctively ran towards the car.
"There was already other men at different positions around the car trying to get in, desperately trying to punch their way in," he said.
"Just the sheer desperation of the situation, you knew it wasn't over."

CPSMr Barr said he assumed the car doors would be locked and braced himself to try and punch the window through.
However at the last moment he tried the door handle, and was able to open it and climb inside.
However as Mr Barr climbed into the back seat Doyle accelerated forwards and the door slammed shut.
"We've gone from total chaos - panic, screaming - to relative silence as he's accelerated off," he said.
"Then you can just hear the people being hit and run over, like ten-pin bowling, pretty horrendous. I could see everything from where I was.
"I could see people's faces, I could see the looks of just, like they were trying to plead but wasting their time.
"That's all that they could do, there was nowhere to go, nowhere to get out of the way for them."


Mr Barr said at that stage he desperately searched for a way to stop the car, and noticed the gearstick in drive mode.
He reached between the front seats and jammed it forwards to park mode.
"Things are fuzzy but I kept my hand on there," he said.
"Nothing would have moved my arm, no way."
With the car not able to accelerate and with injured victims trapped under the wheels, Doyle's rampage was over.
As the vehicle came to a stop other people shattered the windows and tried to drag Doyle out, which they succeeded in doing after Mr Barr reached forward and released the driver's seatbelt.
Detectives viewing dashcam footage from within Doyle's vehicle have said they believe Doyle may not have been aware of Mr Barr's presence in the car.
The labourer said he is unsure.
"I find it a very interesting question," he said.
"He was repeating the same thing over and over, 'why won't they move out my way?'
"Was he asking me? Was that a statement? I don't know."
Although he escaped with a minor cut to his head, Mr Barr said the psychological impact of 26 May is ongoing.
"I don't think I have processed it, to be honest with you," he said.
"It doesn't mean that I don't think I ever will be, but I'm not the same since that day.
"Big things don't bother me, it's little things. Little things are starting to agitate me every day.
"I'm different in work, I struggle to take on instruction, I struggle to watch telly, take things on board. I'll have to keep rewinding it. It's mad.
"I don't really know what I'm saying, I'm just not myself, I'm very forgetful."

PA MediaMr Barr said despite having been in the army for eight years, including tours in Iraq where his role was searching for improvised explosive devices (IEDs), he rarely talked about his service.
However he said the impact of what happened on Water Street and concern from his family and friends has led him to seek professional help.
When asked about people describing him as "brave" or "heroic", he said: "It makes my toes curl to be honest with you...
"If they could have, who wouldn't have done what I did?"
The man charged with leading the investigation into the Water Street attack, Det Ch Insp John Fitzgerald, however, had a different view.
"There is no doubt in my mind that Doyle would have continued to drive and cause further injuries had Daniel not acted with such bravery." he said.
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Getty ImagesLiverpool supporters who were injured when Paul Doyle drove his car through crowds at the team's victory parade have spoken about their experiences from that day.
Before Doyle, 54, was jailed for 21 years and six months for charges including dangerous driving and causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent, Liverpool Crown Court heard statements from his victims.
One statement after another, the court heard about the psychological and physical impact of that day.
One of the most shocking was from Ian Passey, 47, who described the moment he saw his 77-year-old mother pinned beneath Doyle's car, her head "in a pool of blood".
Another, the mother of an 11-year-old boy who was trapped beneath the wheels of the car, told the court the collision "didn't just injure his body, it left emotional scars on our entire family".
Footage of the moment he was freed by emergency service personnel was shown to the court on Monday.
Prosecution barrister Philip Astbury read the statement from his mother, which said: "My son is only a young child, with his whole life ahead of him.
"There are good days and bad days. On the good days we try to hold on to hope. But the bad days are heavy – filled with fear, anxiety and sadness."
She said her son has become scared of cars since the attack.
"He's also become self-conscious about the scar on his face," she said.
"He worries what people will think when they see it. He asks me if people will laugh at the bald patch on the left side of his head.
"As a mother it breaks my heart to see him question his appearance and fear being judged or bullied.
"The nightmares are the worst. He wakes up crying, reliving the incident.
"And it's not just him, we all do."
A total of 78 people submitted victim personal statements to the court, in which they described how the "best day ever" soon became the worst.
One mother told the court how a pram with her six-month-old baby inside was struck by Doyle's Ford Galaxy.
She said: "I relive the moment of the collision repeatedly, especially the terrifying image of my pram being struck and taken by the car with my six-month-old baby inside.
"The horror of not knowing whether he was alive or dead in that instant will haunt me forever."
Doyle was seen to cry as Mr Astbury read the words of one of his victims, a 12-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
The boy said: "I found myself on the floor having been hit by a car I did not see coming, I have never felt so scared before in my life."
The boy's mother said she saw her son motionless on the floor and her heart sank.
She said the incident "caused me much anxiety having to watch my son deal with the pain, the frustration, him feeling down and isolated from his friends in school, the nightmares and the after-effects on him".
As the statements were read to court on Monday and Tuesday, one was from a woman telling Doyle to take responsibility for what he had done.
Susan Farrell, 55, addressed Doyle directly, confronting him about the tears he had been seen to shed during court proceedings.
Speaking on behalf of herself and her 62-year-old husband Colin Farrell, she said: "There are hundreds of people affected by your actions. I want you to think about them all.
"Don't sit in the dock and cry for yourself. Be brave and take accountability for what you did."

Getty ImagesThe court heard from Anna Bilonozhenko, 43, who came to the UK from Ukraine in 2024, to escape the war.
She said she thought spending the day at the parade with her 22-year-old daughter Sasha would "lift our spirits".
Instead she was left with an injury that required metal plates to be inserted into her leg.
Ms Bilonozhenko said: "We came to this country because of the war in our homeland, hoping to finally feel safe. At first, we did.
"But now that feeling has been taken away.
"Realising that is deeply painful - it feels like losing our safety all over again."
John Davey, 31, said after the events of 26 May, "the joy of football, the joy of family outings, the joy of living freely - all of it has been taken from me."
He said: "The collision left me with spinal fractures in three places. Since then, the pain has been relentless, day and night.
"I cannot work, which means I cannot provide for my family. I have three children, and the weight of responsibility has fallen on my partner.
"That has left me feeling ashamed, embarrassed, and broken - because it is not fair that they must suffer for what happened to me."
He added: "This incident has stolen my independence, my happiness, and my peace of mind.
"It has changed me forever, and it has changed my family's life forever."

Getty ImagesA 16-year-old boy described feeling "scared, angry and sad".
The boy said: "I sometimes think that things could have been a lot worse and that frightens me, but equally the incident should never have happened, and that's why I find it hard to accept and move on with my life.
"This is just not fair to have to cope with all this at my age."
I should have been able to protect my younger sister and my niece."
Meanwhile Amanda Gardener, 52, described her feelings of "guilt" after the attack.
"My sister didn't really want to go [to the Liverpool FC victory parade] but I convinced them it would be a good day," she wrote.
"I then saw my sister go flying into the air.
"We lost our sister last year; I thought I was losing another and thought I was going to have tell her family that she had died."
Ian Passey said he got up from the ground after being hit by Doyle's car to realise he had lost sight of his mother.
He said he found her pinned under the car in a pool of blood.
He said in a statement: "Not being able to get close to her, hold her hand and reassure her, I feared the worst.
"I thought my mum had been killed, and called my brother on the telephone to tell him just that."
He said he still had vivid nightmares and was unable to go into large crowds.
He said: "The actions on May 26 of one man will change mine and mum's life forever."

PA MediaDoyle, of Burghill Road in West Derby, admitted a total of 31 charges last month.
The court heard how he "lost his temper" and drove his car directly into supporters making their way home from the Premier League title celebrations.
Dashcam footage from the vehicle, played in court, showed the shocking moments when fans were thrown onto the bonnet of the car or fell underneath it as he accelerated down Water Street, which had been closed to traffic, at about 18:00 BST on 26 May.
Doyle had denied the charges but changed his plea to guilty at the start of his trial.
The former Royal Marine admitted 31 charges including causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent, dangerous driving and affray, with victims aged between six months and 77 years.
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Former first lady Michelle Obama on Monday appeared to push back on President Donald Trump’s controversial remarks about the death of Hollywood couple Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
In an appearance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Obama shared that she and her husband, former President Barack Obama, were supposed to see the Reiners on Sunday — the same day their bodies were discovered stabbed to death in their California home.
While her husband early Monday shared that the two were “heartbroken” to learn of the Reiners’ deaths, Michelle Obama appeared to single out Trump’s statement, which attributed the couple's deaths to “Trump derangement syndrome” and the director's lack of support for the president.
“Let me just say this, unlike some people: Rob and Michele Reiner are some of the most decent, courageous people you ever want to know,” she told Kimmel. “They’re not deranged or crazed. What they have always been are passionate people. In a time when there’s not a lot of courage going on, they were the kind of people who were ready to put their actions behind what they cared about. And they cared about their family. And they cared about this country.”
Police are currently investigating the Reiners’ deaths as an “apparent homicide,” and authorities announced Monday that Reiner’s son, Nick Reiner, is in custody as a suspect. He has been booked on murder charges and is being held on $4 million bail.
The son of legendary comedian Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner was a strong supporter of progressive causes, including LGTBQ+ rights and early childhood education, and often held fundraisers and campaigned for Democratic issues. He was also a frequent critic of Trump’s.
In a Monday morning post to Truth Social, Trump said Reiner was “a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS.”
Despite sharp backlash from Democrats and Republicans alike, Trump doubled down on his comments during a medal presentation Monday afternoon, telling reporters in the Oval Office that he wasn’t a fan of Reiner’s “at all.”
“He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned,” Trump said.
The White House declined to comment.


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Elio Della Ferrera, Arch. PaleoStelvioThousands of dinosaur footprints dating back 210 million years have been found in a national park in northern Italy.
The footprints - some of which are up to 40cm (15in) in diameter - are aligned in parallel rows, and many show clear traces of toes and claws.
It is thought the dinosaurs were prosauropods - herbivores with long necks, small heads and sharp claws.
"I never would have imagined I'd come across such a spectacular discovery in the region where I live," said Milan-based paleontologist Cristiano Dal Sasso.

Illustrazione di Fabio Manucci, Arch. PaleoStelvioLast September a photographer spotted the footprints stretching hundreds of metres on a vertical mountain wall in the Stelvio national park, north-east of Milan.
In the Triassic period - between about 250 and 201 million years ago - the wall was a tidal flat, which later became part of the Alpine chain.
"This place was full of dinosaurs; it's an immense scientific treasure," Mr Dal Sasso said.
The herds moved in harmony, he added, "and there are also traces of more complex behaviours, like groups of animals gathering in a circle, perhaps for the purposes of defence."
The prosauropods, which could be up to 10m (33ft) long, walked on two legs but in some cases handprints were found in front of footprints, indicating that they probably stopped and rested their forelimbs on the ground.

Elio Della Ferrera, Arch. PaleoStelvioElio Della Ferrera, the photographer who discovered the site, said he hoped the discovery would "spark reflection in all of us, highlighting how little we know about the places we live in: our home, our planet."
According to a press release from the Italian culture ministry, the area is remote and not accessible by paths, so drones and remote sensing technology will be employed instead.
The Stelvio national park is located in the Fraele valley by Italy's border with Switzerland, near where the Winter Olympics will take place next year.
"It's as if history itself wanted to pay homage to the greatest global sporting event, combining past and present in a symbolic passing of the baton between nature and sport," said the Italian Ministry of Culture.

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澳大利亚悉尼邦迪海滩周日(12月14日)严重恐袭案件的调查取得新进展,警方与情报机构的调查显示,两名袭击父子可能与极端组织“伊斯兰国”存在关联。
据法国电视France24驻悉尼的特约记者格雷戈里·普莱斯报道的报道,警方最初通报称,在袭击者所使用的车辆中发现了两面临时制作的“伊斯兰国”旗帜。随着调查深入,当局披露了更多关于袭击者背景的细节,尤其是有关24岁的儿子纳维德·阿克拉姆的情况,他目前仍处于昏迷状态,还无法接受警方讯问。
调查发现,这名年轻袭击者长期与一名宣扬伊斯兰圣战的人保持联系,同时还曾与一名负责在澳大利亚为“伊斯兰国”招募青年的男子有往来。这名招募者目前已被关押在监狱。
更为重要的信息是,这对父子几乎在整个11月期间曾前往菲律宾活动。据菲律宾当局表示,两人持印度护照抵达首都马尼拉,随后前往菲律宾南部的棉兰老岛。该地区长期被认为是多个极端组织的活动据点,同时存在伊斯兰主义武装的训练营。
一名反恐消息人士向澳大利亚广播公司(ABC)透露,这名年轻人很可能在棉兰老岛接受过某种形式的军事化训练。调查人员指出,两人在完成这次行程后,于11月28日返回澳大利亚,而在返澳仅几天后便实施了这起造成严重死伤的袭击事件。
澳大利亚总理阿尔巴尼斯周二则首次表示,涉嫌犯下悉尼邦迪海滩恐袭的父子,似乎是在以“伊斯兰国”组织意识形态的驱使下干案,两人在展开大规模谋杀前已经激进化。
阿尔巴尼斯透露,24岁的纳维德早在2019年就受到澳洲情报机构的关注,但他当时并未被认为构成即可的威胁。阿尔巴尼斯补充说,与纳维德有往来的人当中,有两人后来被起诉并入狱,但当时纳维德并未被视为是须重点关注的人物。
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CPSA man who used his car as a "weapon" to plough into more than 130 people at Liverpool FC's victory parade has been jailed for 21 years and six months.
Paul Doyle, 54, drove at crowds "in a rage" after his "anger had completely taken hold of him" shortly before 18:00 BST on 26 May, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
Judge Andrew Menary KC said the ex-Royal Marine, who stared straight ahead with no expression as he was sentenced, had generated "fear and panic" and his "disregard for human life defied ordinary understanding".
He admitted 31 charges including causing grievous bodily harm with intent, and dangerous driving and affray, with victims ranging from a six-month-old baby to a 77-year-old woman.
The married father of three was travelling into the city centre to collect friends from the parade when he "lost his temper" and drove his Ford Galaxy directly into supporters making their way home from the Premier League title celebrations.
Dashcam footage from Doyle's vehicle, played in court, showed the moments when fans were thrown onto the bonnet of his car or fell underneath as he accelerated down Water Street, which had been closed to traffic.
In the footage, Doyle can be heard shouting "move" and swearing at the crowd, including after he hit a 10-year-old girl.
Judge Menary told Doyle as he sentenced him: "It is difficult, if not impossible, to convey in words alone the scene of devastation you caused.
"It shows you, quite deliberately, accelerating into groups of fans time and time again.
"You struck people head-on, knocked others onto the bonnet, drove over limbs, crushed prams and forced those nearby to scatter in terror."
Judge Menary continued: "You ploughed on at speed and over a considerable distance, violently knocking people aside or simply driving over them - person, after person, after person.
"You accelerated forwards and backwards repeatedly, several victims became trapped beneath the vehicle as you continued to move it.
"Others were thrown into the air or propelled across the ground."
He added Doyle acted in an "inexplicable and undiluted fury" when he ploughed into the crowds.
Doyle, from Croxteth, Liverpool, spent large portions of the two-day sentencing hearing in tears - with dashcam and CCTV footage of his attack played multiple times to the public gallery.
He gave no reaction as he was taken down from the dock by prison officers.
Victims of the rampage on Water Street in the city centre spoke of their terror and injuries during the two-day hearing.
Sheree Aldridge, 37, said she thought her baby son Teddy Eveson had died after his pram was thrown into the air after being hit by Doyle's car, adding that she thought she would "be next".
"I thought my children would grow up without a mother," she said.
A 12-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: "I found myself on the floor having been hit by a car I did not see coming, I have never felt so scared before in my life."
The boy's mother said her heart sank when she saw her child motionless on the floor.
She said: "The sight of my son lying motionless on the road, not moving for those few seconds, and the sound of the car hitting people will live with me forever."
When interviewed by police, Doyle said he had seen someone with a knife and had driven in panic for fear he would be attacked.
But police found no evidence from CCTV footage or witnesses that anyone in the area had a knife.
No defects were found with the car and Doyle was not under the influence of drink or drugs.
He changed his plea to guilty on the second day of his trial last month, with the judge telling him his sentence reflected the fact he could have admitted the offences "much earlier than you did".

PA MediaFollowing sentencing, Judge Menary said he wished to formally commend Daniel Barr, who climbed into the back seat of Doyle's car and held the automatic gear stick in park mode to bring the vehicle to a stop.
"His actions on that day were outstandingly brave," the judge said.
"At a moment when many understandably feared for their own safety, he ran towards the danger, entered a moving vehicle and brought it to a halt, thereby preventing further injury and quite possibly saving lives."
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