""We catch and release, and tag sharks so they can be monitored by the Government," he said. "We were retrieving our lines from Bondi when we heard the shots go off. "We heard three or four shots initially, and we thought it was actually fireworks. When I realised it was gunshots, I said to the boys: 'Stop what you're doing. We're going in to see if we can save some people here'. So we immediately stopped and went full steam ahead to the shore.""
""People in the water, they're panicking. They don't know what it is, and I'm shouting: 'It's gunshots', so people start swimming around. And I'm telling them: 'Come to the boat'. So a few of them came to the boat. "I've seen people running on the beach. They're going left and right. There were a lot of surfers in the water. People are lying down behind the lifeguard's buggy. It was a sight that will never be forgotten, that's for sure.""
Nathan Gallagher, from Burtonport in Co Donegal, was tagging sharks off Bondi Beach when he heard gunshots while retrieving lines. Fifteen people were killed after father and son Sajid and Naveed Akram opened fire on more than 1,000 attendees at a Jewish festival in the Archer Park area at 6.47pm. NSW Health reported 24 people remained in hospital with three in critical condition. Sajid Akram, 50, was shot by police and died at the scene; 24-year-old Naveed woke from a coma, is expected to survive and will face criminal charges. Gallagher and his crew raced to shore to assist panicking swimmers and witnessed people hiding behind a lifeguard buggy.
Read at Irish Independent
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