Friends tragically linked in Bondi Junction stabbing attack: 'Just wanted to ... trends now
A tragic link in the horrific Bondi Junction Westfield stabbing has been revealed, as it comes to light a lifeguard who tried to help and the fatally wounded mother who handed her baby to strangers were friends.
Mother Ash Good was pushing her daughter in a pram around the shopping centre when the violent events occurred about 3.30pm on Saturday.
A 40-year-old man armed with a knife stabbed more than a dozen people, killing Ms Good and five others. Her nine-month-old daughter and at least 11 other people were seriously wounded.
Lifeguard Andrew Reid of Bondi Rescue fame was at the shopping centre, and gave horrific accounts of the events.
Speaking on Channel 9 on Sunday morning, Mr Reid said he saw Ms Good was badly injured.
Ash Good was killed just hours after she posted this photo of her and her baby Harriet (pictured)
Lifeguard Andrew Reid of Bondi Rescue fame was at the shopping centre and treated those injured, including his friend Ms Good
'She just wanted to be a mum. She was a beautiful person,' Mr Reid said.
He too had heard the account of Ms Good giving her baby to strangers for help, and called those actions brave.
The lifeguard said he was trying to not think about the state of his friend before her death.
Talking to Sky News on Saturday night, Mr Reid said 'As I looked down on level 4, there was a lady down there, there was so much blood.'
Mr Reid got a retail worker to open a roller security door so he could assist the injured woman.
'There was already two other people helping ... and we all just started working on this girl, looking for stab wounds,' Mr Reid said.
'As I looked down, there was
