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Zac de Silva, Tom Wark, Farid Farid and Melissa Meehan

UNCOVERED: Man wrestles shooter to ground praised as hero - The Untold Story

Terrified bystanders ran for their lives, discarding their belongings as they fled from two gunmen. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

The hero shop owner who disarmed one of the Bondi gunmen by throwing himself at the heavily armed man faces a months-long recovery after being shot twice during the massacre on Australia's most famous beach.

Ahmed Al Ahmed, the 43-year-old father who bystanders say likely saved many lives when he ripped a gun out of the hands of one of the attackers, underwent surgery in hospital on Monday.

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