INTERVIEW: Bondi 'Bollard' Men speak with SBS French after their act of bravery

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Damien Guerot (right) and Silas Despreaux. Source: SBS News / SBS French/Gregory Plesse

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The French construction workers who fended off the Westfield Bondi Junction stabbing attacker with bollards say they are looking forward to life returning to some form of normalcy. Their act of bravery has catapulted them into the public eye, leading them to be dubbed the "bollard men". They spoke to SBS French's Gregory Plesse and Leo Roussel about what's happened in the days since the attack on April 13.

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