HEARTWARMING GESTURE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS TO WESTFIELD STABBING
- Customer footed pizza bill for paramedics
- Crews had earlier responded to Westfield attack
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A generous young man has been commended after he footed the bill which fed paramedics who attended the tragic scene of the Westfield Bondi Junction stabbing rampage.
Dozens of first responders rushed to the Sydney shopping centre last Saturday after Joel Cauchi, 40, stabbed innocent bystanders, killing five women and Westfield security guard Faraz Tahir.
Paramedics, with the help of bystanders saved a number of lives and rushed them to hospital, including a nine-month-old baby girl.
Later that night, a NSW Ambulance inspector visited nearby Crust Clovelly and placed a 'massive' order of pizzas to feed the hungry and emotionally drained crew.
A customer immediately stepped forward and paid the $250 bill without hesitation.
'To the young guy that covered our tab, I have to say a massive thank you,' the inspector posted online.
'Having full bellies made sitting down afterwards and having some very difficult conversations much easier.'
The man's random act of kindness was also praised by Crust Clovelly owner Yashi Soni.
'We heard the news about the Bondi stabbing incident ... it was very sad,' he told 7news.com.au.
'That night I was about to personally go buy some products from the shopping centre.
'The staff were a bit scared.'
Inspired by the customer's generosity, the store donated $200 worth of pizzas to Waverley Police that night.
Inspector Amy Scott was hailed a national hero after she single-handedly confronted Cauchi during the stabbing rampage and as he lunged with her with the knife, shot him dead.
'It was a satisfying gesture for us to feel like we could contribute, but the reason behind it was we were very shocked,' Mr Soni said.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, King Charles III and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese led the chorus of tributes to emergency workers who responded to the incident last Saturday.
Westfield Bondi Junction reopened for trading on Friday as health officials issued a pleasing update on Harriet, the nine-month-old baby girl injured in the attack that killed her mother Ashlee Good.
Harriet's condition at the Sydney Children's Hospital at Randwick has been downgraded from serious to stable, after she was moved from intensive care earlier this week.