Heroic Act: Late Tori Johnson Helped End Siege In Sydney Cafe

This cafe manager launched himself at the gunman holding 17 people hostage in Sydney. On Tuesday, he was remembered as a hero. below are the details that ensued between him and Monis (Guy that held people captive) his action brought the drama came to a bloody end. 

Tori Johnson was one of two hostages who died in the cafe on Monday night at the end of the siege that gripped Australia and beyond.

From National Post

Events had not been going to plan for the gunman, Man Haron Monis. Several of his hostages had already escaped from the cafe. His demands to be given an ISIS flag — he had brought the wrong one — had not been answered. The Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott, would not telephone him. Radio stations refused to broadcast his message. Sixteen hours into the siege, he was tiring.

Mr. Johnson saw his opportunity and lunged for Monis’s gun. In the hazy half-minute that followed, the 34-year-old cafe manager tried to wrestle with Mr. Monis for the weapon and three shots were fired.   

Handout Sydney lawyer Katrina Dawson has been killed during the siege at the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Martin Place. A police sniper outside yelled “Window two, hostage down” The signal for tactical police to storm inside. They burst through, firing heavily and throwing stun grenades. When the gunfire died, the screams of the injured could be heard. Monis had been shot and killed. But there were two other fatalities.

Mr. Johnson had been killed, as had Katrina Dawson, a 38-year-old barrister and mother of three. She died shielding her close friend Julie Taylor, 35, an Oxford graduate and fellow barrister. Three other hostages were injured and a policeman was wounded by a bullet that grazed his face. Yesterday, those who knew Mr. Johnson and Ms. Dawson paid tribute to their sacrifice.

Long and Short of the story is that he sacrificed his life and helped end the siege.