"Everyone was devastated": The medical teams who tried to save the girl who became a symbol of the Sydney attack
The staff of Sydney's children's hospital recount the minutes following the shooting attack in Bondi last December, when they tried to save ten-year-old Matilda, who was killed and became a symbol of the massacre. The doctors describe a fatal gunshot wound and a desperate struggle to save her life.
The staff of Sydney's Randwick Children's Hospital recount in an interview with the Australian newspaper The Australian the minutes following the severe shooting attack in Bondi last December. Ten-year-old Matilda, who was filmed playing with her sister shortly before she was killed, became one of the symbols of the massacre. The medical team, led by Dr. Henry, describes how the girl was shot after running toward the last place she saw her parents. The gunshot wound was large and fatal in her small body, and the doctors could not save her life. Nurse Anne-Marie Sullivan says Matilda arrived at the hospital fully conscious, accompanied by her mother. Dr. Henry describes the fear as he felt her pulse gradually weakening. It also emerges that Matilda's father, Michael, tried to stop the bleeding with his shirt at the scene.