A stunning video of Ahmad Ahmad, the Syrian hero who was injured while confronting an armed attacker on Bondi Beach in Sydney, finally managing to wrest the weapon away from him after a long struggle, has gone viral online. This has led to the launch of a fundraising campaign on the GoFundMe platform for the hero, who is still under observation in the hospital.A fundraising campaign launched to support Ahmad and his family has so far raised over one million US dollars through more than 18,000 donations, including $100,000 from American billionaire Bill Ackerman.According to the Daily Mail, the Prime Minister of New South Wales, Chris Minns, visited the hero in the hospital and praised him for his courage.Ahmad described the situation as insane: we took refuge behind cars, we saw shooting very close to us. After a few moments, Ahmad was filmed sneaking through the Campbell Parade car park, hiding behind parked cars for cover as he made his way towards the shooter. As soon as he got close to the alleged attacker, he lunged at him and, after a long struggle, finally managed to take the weapon away from him.The attacker, 50-year-old Sajid Akram, fell to the ground as Ahmad raised the rifle, pointing its muzzle at the retreating attacker. Ahmad then leaned the weapon against a tree before a bystander rushed towards the attacker and threw something at him.Widely circulated video footage captured the moment Ahmad lunged at the attacker on Sunday evening, engaged in a struggle with him, and managed to take his weapon away, despite being shot twice in the shoulder. He was subsequently hospitalized for treatment.He said: "There is no doubt that more lives would have been lost without Ahmad's courage and devotion."Ahmad, a 43-year-old father of two children, was not unaware of the danger of the situation. Just seconds before he approached the attacker, he told his cousin Jozai Alkang that he was going to die. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Alkang said outside the hospital on Monday morning: "He told me: 'I'm going to die. Please go to my family and tell them I worked to save lives.'"
