Sydney Swans honour Bondi victims

Swans Foundation chair Peter Ivany said the Sydney Swans “did something positive for humanity” by honouring the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack and their families ahead of their AFL Opening Round match against Carlton at the SCG last week.

In an initiative led by the Swans, a moment silence was held, while representatives from several organisations were acknowledged on the field, including NSW Ambulance, frontline hospital staff, Waverley Council lifeguards, Surf Life Saving NSW, NSW Police, the NSW State Emergency Service, Community Health Support responders and the Jewish emergency response organisation Hatzolah.

Ahmed Al Ahmed was honoured as a community hero for his actions during the crisis.

“When this idea was fermented through January, we just got incredible buy in at all levels of the club,” Ivany told The AJN.

“The hope is that this is part of the mending process, but also part of the learning process for a lot of people into how this happened.