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Bollard Hero Granted Australian Permanent Residency After Defending Shoppers in Sydney Mall Attack

SYDNEY, Australia – Australia’s Prime Minister made a generous offer on Tuesday to a French construction worker hailed as a hero for confronting a man responsible for a deadly stabbing rampage in a Sydney shopping mall. Damien Guerot, affectionately known as “Bollard Man” on social media, intervened by using a plastic bollard to deter the attacker and potentially saving lives in the process. Originally slated to leave Australia when his temporary work visa expired in …

Bollard Heroes Identified: French Construction Workers Take Brave Stand Against Attacker in Shopping Centre

Sydney, Australia – The brave shoppers known as the “Bollard men”, who used a bollard to try to intervene and stop Joel Cauchi’s attack on fellow customers, have been identified as French construction workers Silas Despreaux and Damien Guerot. The valorous act of these two men made headlines after footage from the shopping center showed Guerot standing at the top of an escalator, wielding a bollard as Cauchi approached. Subsequent footage depicted the men, along …