US EditionMillions are pledged to a Syrian Australian man who stopped a gunman and became a national hero
The GoFundMe campaign for Ahmed al Ahmed, who stopped a gunman at Bondi Beach, raised nearly $2 million from over 25,000 donors including billionaire Bill Ackman.
- High-Profile donations propelled the GoFundMe for Bondi hero Ahmed el Ahmed past $1.5 million, including a $99,999 contribution from Bill Ackman.
- Crouching behind a car at Bondi Beach, Sydney, el Ahmed ran toward a gunman, wrestled him, disarmed him, and took four to five gunshot wounds.
- A 43-year-old Syrian-born fruit vendor, Ahmed el Ahmed, father of two, has received thousands of messages praising his courage and supporting his recovery on the GoFundMe page.
- El Ahmed's intervention drew attention for its cross-community nature as a Muslim man stopping an attack at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration, while donors gave $18 as a 'chai' gesture wishing life and strength.
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Millions are pledged to a Syrian Australian man who stopped a gunman and became a national hero
Ahmed al Ahmed, a Syrian-Australian tobacco shop owner, has become a national hero in Australia, with an online fundraiser for him raising millions of dollars.
Sydney Morning Herald
Bondi hero going back into surgery
Bondi Beach attack hero Ahmed El Ahmed is due for another round of surgery today.
A fruit vendor beat one of the two attackers who shot Hanuka on Monday's beach and shot one of the attackers, considering the hero of many Australians and praised by foreign leaders, including Donald Trump, for his courage during an anti-Sydney attack. His name is Ahmed de Ahmed. A GoFundMe campaign launched in support of the 43-year-old man who was born in Bondi Beach has stayed close to $2 million Australians in just a few days, reports Busine…
The heroic gesture of Ahmed al-Ahmed, down from hate speech and political instrumentalization, recalls a too often forgotten truth: coexistence between Jews and Muslims is neither utopia nor naivety, but a reality borne every day by ordinary women and men.
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