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The mild-mannered 'Bollard Man' who faced down the crazed Westfield Bondi Junction killer went for a two-hour jog after the confrontation and then returned to his job as a carpenter, it emerged today.
Details of 31-year-old Damien Guerot's ordeal were on Wednesday revealed by his father back at his home in France.
Loic Guerot said: 'I've had a lot of trouble sleeping, it's incredible. I can't find the words, I'm extremely proud.'
The family is from Saint-Jean-sur-Mayenne, in the Loire Valley, some 200 miles southwest of Paris.
Damien left the town six years ago, and is now happily settled in Australia, where on Saturday he played the key role in halting the mall massacre in Sydney.
Details of 31-year-old Damien Guerot's (pictured) ordeal were on Wednesday revealed by his father back at his home in France
Damien left the town six years ago, and is now happily settled in Australia, where on Saturday he played the key role in halting the Westfield Bondi Junction massacre in Sydney. A now viral video shows Damien, right, bravely facing down knife-wielding murderer Joel Cauchi, 40, left, as he advanced menacingly up an escalator
Saying that Damien (pictured) was a skilled carpenter who works on construction sites in Australia, his father said: 'He always maintains the same values and he always thinks of others. He's always been a go-getter, that's how he is. He always thinks of others before himself'
A now viral video shows him bravely facing down knife-wielding murderer Joel Cauchi, 40, as he advanced menacingly up an escalator.
Admitting that he could have lost his son, Mr Guerot said: 'He feels very, very good now. He went for a two-hour jog afterwards.
'We talked for two hours and then he went to sleep. And then off to work the next morning!'
Saying that Damien was a skilled carpenter who
