Good evening, everyone, and welcome to police off the cuff.

Real Crime Stories. I'm your host, retired NYPD Sergeant Bill Cannon. You know, this shooting

that we had in Australia at Bondi Beach is one of the worst things you can imagine as any civilian being in a crowd,

whether it's a concert, a gathering of people, and active shooters, just picking people off.

I can't think of anything worse than that in regards to a terrorist attack

and how people can target children and people can target adults celebrating the first day of Hanukkah in this Bondi Beach in Australia, just absolutely

outrageous. On the late afternoon of December 14th, 2025, Sydney, Australia's famous

Bondi Beach was alive with light and celebration.

Over a thousand people had gathered in an Archer Park for Hanukkah by the sea,

an event marking the first night of Hanukkah.

Families lit the first candle on the menorah.

Children played and the air was filled with music and joy.

It was the picture of peace and community set against the backdrop of one of the world's most

beautiful coastlines.

But in a matter of minutes, the celebration of light was plunged into an unimaginal darkness,

an act of pure hatred which shattered the festivities, leaving a nation in mourning and sparking a global conversation about terror, heroism, and resilience.

These are the type of events, again, all three of the people on the show tonight, myself, Professor Mike Gehry, retired in my PD,

Detective Phil Grimaldi, were all 9-11 first responders.

So we all got a firsthand taste of terrorism and the ugliness of terrorism and the ugliness

of hatred.

Hatred like this has no place in this world.

And what we need to defeat hatred like this, of course, on one hand, is love will beat hatred

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