Bondi hero who wrestled gun from shooter shares his story
Father-of-two Ahmed Al Ahmed, who risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi gunmen during a terrorist attack, says he feels sorry for the 15 people who were killed.
The man deemed a hero after risking his life to save "countless others" during the Bondi Beach terrorist attack has spoken of his determination to protect the innocent.
Ahmed Al Ahmed went viral after footage showed him sneaking up behind one of the two gunmen and wrestling a long-barrelled gun away from him.
In an interview with CBS News in the US on Monday, Mr Ahmed reflected on the ordeal, in which he suffered multiple gunshots.
"I jumped onto his back and hit him … 'Drop your gun, stop doing what you're doing,'" he recalled saying to the gunman he disarmed.
"No, I didn't worry about anything … my target was just to take the gun from him and to stop him from killing a human being.
"I feel something, a power in my body, my brain. I don't want to see people killed in front of me, I don't want to see blood, I don't want to hear his gun, I don't want to see people screaming."
Of his decision to intervene, he said: "My soul asked me to do that."
Father-of-two Ahmed Al Ahmed was filmed tackling one of the shooters and disarming him. (Supplied)
Fifteen people were killed during the December 14 shooting that targeted Jewish people at a Hanukkah celebration called Chanukah by the Sea at Archer Park.
The 43-year-old father-of-two's selfless actions are thought to have saved "countless lives".
"I know I saved lots of people … innocent kids and women … I know I saved lots, but I feel sorry still for the lost," Mr Ahmed said.
'Real-life hero' on the road to recovery
For the past fortnight, Mr Ahmed has undergone operations at St George Hospital.
South Eastern Sydney Local Health District confirmed Mr Ahmed was released from hospital on Sunday.
The prime minister visited Ahmed Al Ahmed in hospital a few days after the attack. (Supplied: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet)
Mr Ahmed's parents previously told the ABC he was shot four to five times in his shoulder.
"He saw they were dying and people were losing their lives, and when that guy [the shooter] ran out of ammo, he took it from him, but he was hit," Mr Ahmed's mother said.
"When he did what he did, he wasn't thinking about the background of the people he's saving, the people dying in the street," Mr Ahmed's father said.