Australian teen wounded while shielding children during Bondi attack says she is not a hero |
By Cordelia Hsu
SYDNEY, Dec 19 (Reuters) - As two gunmen opened fire on hundreds celebrating Hanukkah on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, 14-year-old Chaya Dadon’s mind was clear.
Across from where she had taken cover from the gunshots under a bench, Dadon saw two children stranded out in the open, beside their wounded parents.
"I knew in that moment, I felt like Hashem was sitting right next to me," she said in an interview with Reuters, using a Hebrew name for God. "He was whispering into my ear,'This is your mission: go save those kids'."
The schoolgirl left the safety of her hiding spot, pulled the children away and jumped on top of them, covering their bodies........