Westfield Bondi Junction: Joe Tomarchio saw Ashlee Good and her baby daughter ... trends now EXCLUSIVE A hero who saved the nine-month-old baby stabbed in the Westfield Bondi Junction attack had previously made headlines for his heroism. Brothers Joe and Rick Tomarchio were in the shopping centre on Saturday afternoon when Joel Cauchi, 40, a schizophrenic man who had stopped taking his medication, embarked on his killing spree. After witnessing mother Ashlee Good, 38, and her baby daughter Harriet get stabbed, the siblings quickly ushered the pair into the Tommy Hilfiger store to save their lives - using clothes from the store to compress their wounds. Their harrowing account of their ordeal became one of the first stories to emerge about the unfolding incident as they spoke to a new reporter at the scene moments after finally being evacuated from the centre. Now, Daily Mail Australia can reveal Joe, a Sydney banker, was publicly praised in 2010 after he stopped to help an elderly woman who fell over and smashed her head on the road in the city's CBD. Brothers Rick (left) and Joe Tomarchio (right) saved a nine-month-old baby's life during the Bondi massacre on Saturday The good Samaritan held her head up and rallied other bystanders to assist him while they waited for an ambulance to arrive. 'It was automatic. I knew somebody had to take control of the situation,' Mr Tomarchio told media at the time. 'I grabbed her hand and told her everything was going to be OK.. 'I then asked where she worked, tried to keep her talking and keep her really comfortable, and then called for help with the local construction workers.' Mr Tomarchio, who had been walking to work when he witnessed the woman fall, said he was surprised no one else had stopped to help as she laid on the road during peak hour traffic. The woman's daughter hailed him a star, saying when she initially saw her mother, she thought she was dead. 'Joe was the star. The way he stayed so calm and just held her hand, I can't thank him enough,' she said at the time. The baby's mother Ashlee Good (pictured) is one of the six people who died in the tragedy Pictured: The Tommy Hilfiger store inside Bondi Junction where workers fought to save the life of a nine-month-old baby girl Joel Cauchi from Queensland is pictured carrying a 30cm hunting knife on the escalator inside Westfield shopping centre at Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon Police were called to Bondi Junction around 3.20pm on Saturday after Cauchi began rampaging through the shopping centre with a hunting knife, leaving hundreds of terrified shoppers fleeing for their lives or taking shelter in stores. As shoppers poured out of the Westfield, a witness interrupted a Nine News reporter performing a live cross on the streets and pointed to one of the brothers, saying: 'He's a hero - he saved the baby'. Clearly shaken, Rick Tomarchio recalled how he used clothes from a store to try and stem the baby's bleeding. 'The baby got stabbed and, yeah, the mum got stabbed,' Rick Tomarchio said. 'The mum came over with the baby and threw it at me. 'I just helped by holding the baby ... and trying to compress the baby.' The brothers stayed with the mother and called emergency services. '(It was) very bad... a lot of the blood on the floor ... hope the baby's alright,' Joe Tomarchio said. Despite their best efforts, Ms Good later died after being rushed to hospital. Her little girl underwent emergency surgery for critical injuries, but has miraculously improved in recent days and is now out of ICU and stable. In a post online, a relative revealed the brothers are humble who would be shocked by the fame they have garnered. 'It was automatic. I knew somebody had to take control of the situation,' Mr Tomarchio told media back in 2010 after helping a woman in the street 'Rick and Joe are the most amazing humans who have so much compassion,' the relative said. 'They did the best they could. 'They will be mentally scared for a long time.' Cauchi, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, had moved to Sydney in recent months and is believed to have been sleeping rough. Police are treating the tragedy as mental health-related, with his parents telling reporters earlier this week that he had stopped taking his medication in recent years. The horror attack also claimed the lives of young bride-to-be Dawn Singleton, 25, architect and mother-of-two Jade Young, artist and designer Pikria Darchia, 55, Chinese student Yixuan Cheng, 27, and Pakistan refugee and security guard Faraz Tahir, 30. Eleven others were rushed to hospitals across Sydney with various injuries, with six others still in hospital, including two women in ICU. READ MORE: How brave Westfield Bondi Junction retail workers saved the life of baby girl as her mother lay dying Retail workers from Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger lay flowers at the Bondi Junction memorial site on Monday All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility