Waverley Council honours Bondi attack victims
Mayor Will Nemesh: 'The public sharing of condolences served as a reminder to the community that we stand together, united in our grief'
Waverley Mayor Will Nemesh said the council’s formal honouring of the Bondi terror attack victims at Tuesday’s meeting created “a solemn space for remembrance, reflection and collective mourning”.
Councillors and general manager Emily Scott, alongside NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Michele Goldman and Bondi hero Ahmed Al Ahmed, lit 15 candles in honour of the victims of the December 14 terrorist attack in which 15 were killed. Candles were also lit in recognition of survivors and first responders.
The gallery on Tuesday was reserved for family members of the victims, while survivors of the attack were also invited.
Reuven Morrison’s daughter Sheina Gutnik joined the meeting via video to recite a tribute for her father. “There is not a day that passes that we do not question this reality,” she said. “Even in death, his life speaks.”
Nemesh told The AJN that the reading of 15 obituaries allowed the Council to honour each victim individually and remember them “for the lives they led, the love they gave and the love they received from family, friends and their communities”.
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