He quickly became known as ‘The Bollard Man’ after bravely taking-on the attacker during Saturdays deadly stabbing rampage at Bondi Junction. Today the French national has been offered permanent residency after the Prime Minster declared he can stay in Australia for as long as he likes. Six people are still in hospital recovering from their stab wounds and six others have now been discharged. Tonight, mourners are at a vigil to remember the six innocent lives lost.
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00:00Gathered in the heart of Sydney, brought together in prayer.
00:09The Governor of New South Wales among the congregation at St Andrew's Cathedral, honouring
00:14the six people killed in Saturday's attack.
00:18Outside the Bondi Junction shopping centre, what started as a few bunches of flowers now
00:23stretches down the mall.
00:25After running for their lives on Saturday, food retailers were allowed back inside today
00:31to collect their stock.
00:33My toaster was still on, my oven was still on, there was milk out, there was, the till
00:39was open, the iPads were out.
00:41Today one of Saturday's heroes has been recognised.
00:44French construction worker Damien Guerreau grabbed what he could to stop the attacker
00:49in his tracks.
00:51Someone who's not a citizen of this country stood bravely at the top of those escalators
00:57and stopped this perpetrator.
01:01For that, the Prime Minister says he deserves to be an Australian citizen.
01:06I say this to Damien Guerreau, who is dealing with his visa applications, that you are welcome
01:13here, you are welcome to stay for as long as you like.
01:16He embodies the Anzac spirit and we would want people of that character in our country,
01:21so I think it's a good call by the PM.
01:25Some of the victims' families came to Bondi Junction today to walk through the centre
01:29in private.
01:31It's now up to Westfield to determine when and how the shopping mall reopens to the public.
01:37I think people come back in solidarity, but it's eerie in there.
01:41An investigation continues into why Joel Couchie committed such horrific violence.
01:47I've made it also clear we may not ever get an answer.
01:51A difficult reality for families who will be seeking just that.