<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/bondi" rel="" target="" title="Bondi"><span>Bondi</span></a><span> hero Ahmed al-Ahmed has met with former Prime Minister and current Australian ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd in the latest engagement on his trip to the US.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 43-year-old joined Rudd and Rabbi Yehoram Ulman in a Democrat Senate leader Chuck Schumer in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/new-york" rel="" target="" title="New York"><span>New York</span></a><span> on Friday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Schumer, a Senate minority leader and the first Jewish person to serve as majority leader during the Biden administration, praised al-Ahmed for his heroism during last month's terror attack at Bondi Beach.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/live-updates-victoria-fires-heatwaves-nsw-evacuations-warnings/b3dd925f-8fcf-45f9-bb78-be279eda0b24"><strong><span>Town in rubble amid search for missing man, woman and child</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Syrian-born father was widely praised after vision of him wrestling and disarming the gunman went viral.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Thank you for your bravery," Schumer said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You've helped bring us together, not apart and that's so important."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/ahmed-alahmed-bondi-hero-meets-former-prime-minister-kevin-rudd-in-latest-engagement-on-us-trip/02dd992a-be77-408b-a83c-d6c0821701e7" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ahmed described the opportunity to meet Rudd as "a great honour" on social media.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/rio-tinto-glencore-in-talks-to-merge-mining-company-market-takeover-news/fb8402bb-d483-486b-bb20-f88b42738e8b"><strong><span>Companies hiring thousands of Aussies plot a $300b behemoth</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>During the exchange, the two spoke about Ahmed's recovery and the moment he wrestled the gunman.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The best country in the world, I'm an Aussie and I put my blood to my country," Ahmed told Rudd.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Rudd told Ahmed he did an "extraordinary thing" and Australia loves him for it.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Your image went out across the world," Rudd said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We love you, you're a good bloke."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ahmed </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/ahmed-al-ahmed-bondi-hero-explains-why-he-wrestled-the-gunman-in-new-cnn-interview-on-us-television/00f95691-c366-4613-8004-1d7692abee62" rel="" target="_blank" title="touched down in the US earlier this week for medical treatment"><span>touched down in the US earlier this week for medical treatment</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He has since </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/ahmed-al-ahmed-bondi-hero-explains-why-he-wrestled-the-gunman-in-new-cnn-interview-on-us-television/00f95691-c366-4613-8004-1d7692abee62" rel="" target="" title="attended a major Jewish gala in New York"><span>attended a major Jewish gala in New York</span></a><span> and visited the burial site of the late leader of the Chabad movement with leaders of the city's Jewish community.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS 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