It's Tuesday, December the 16th, 2025.

Welcome to Denison Forum's Daily Article Podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins, narrating today's daily article written by cultural theologian, Dr. Jim Denison.

Quote, Ahmed was driven by his sentiment, conscience, and humanity.

This is how the father of a quote-unquote hero who responded to the Hanukkah massacre in Australia explained his son's actions.

Ahmed al-Amed's father told the BBC that his son, quote, saw the victims, the blood, women, and children lying on the street,

and then acted, end quote.

Video shows Ahmed running at the gunman, seizing his weapon, turning the gun around on him,

and forcing his retreat.

Ahmed was then shot multiple times and has undergone surgery for his wounds.

New South Wales Premier, Chris Menz, said of Ahmed, his incredible bravery, no doubt, saved

countless lives when he disarmed a terrorist at enormous personal risk.

Menz added, there is no doubt that more lives would have been lost if not for Ahmed's selfless courage,

end quote. President Trump agreed, calling Ahmed a very, very brave person who saved a lot of lives.

Ironically, the people saved by Ahmed's courage will likely go the rest of their lives without

knowing it unless Unless they could

somehow know what the shooter would have done, apart from Ahmed's intervention, they cannot

know that they would have been injured or killed if he had not acted with such selfless courage.

By contrast, Larissa Clayton will go the rest of her life knowing that she was spared by the

selfless courage of her husband. Alex Clayton was a Holocaust survivor. He and his wife of five

decades were visiting Sydney's Bondi Beach to celebrate Hanukkah when the shooting erupted,

and he was shot to death as he shielded his wife.

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