Why the 'bystander effect' didn't stop people from acting at Bondi
Experts advise to "escape, hide, and tell" in a terrorist attack. These men and women did otherwise and saved lives when gunmen opened fire at Bondi Beach.
Will Jackson is a digital producer with the ABC's Asia Pacific Newsroom.
He has been with the ABC since 2020 after working across a range of print and online publications in Australia and Cambodia.
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