"He said he reacted on instinct, whereas I was thinking about every action and consequence of it, Frost said. When the London Bridge attack unfolded inside the hall on 29 November 2019, Frost said chaos and confusion took hold. There was screaming, noise, no one knew what was going on and I imagine it would have been the same on Bondi Beach."
"He said what followed felt unreal: It's crazy, but this was all happening in split seconds. It really is like the Superman or Spider-Man movies, or the Matrix, where time literally slows down for you. He said his senses narrowed to a single point: the attacker. I had tunnel vision, he recalled. My hearing switched off to everything around me except for the perpetrator in front of me."
Darryn Frost grabbed a decorative narwhal tusk and ran toward the attacker during the London Bridge incident in 2019, helping to pin him to the ground. Frost contrasted his deliberate, consequence-aware reactions with another intervener who acted on instinct. The attacker, Usman Khan, had already killed two people before being restrained. Frost experienced tunnel vision, narrowed senses, and a perception of time slowing, concentrating solely on the perpetrator. Similar bravery occurred at Bondi Beach when Ahmed al-Ahmed wrestled a gun from an alleged shooter. Running toward danger felt unnatural, but the priority was to prevent further injuries.
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