<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Daddy, what is that?" one of Craig Cobb's young daughters asked him moments before they were forced to run for their lives from the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/bondi-shooting" rel="" target="_blank" title="Bondi shooting."><span>Bondi shooting.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Bronte local was getting takeaway burgers in Bondi with his two children when a series of loud bangs sounded out.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He initially thought they were fireworks, or kids setting off party poppers.</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/bondi-beach-shooting-live-updates-latest-news-headlines/5a9bbb14-ef81-45a3-985d-da6b4062460e" target="_blank"><strong><span>Bondi Beach gunmen were father and son; sixteen people dead, more injured</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It wasn't until everything went still for a moment that Cobb began to suspect something more sinister.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I knew something was up and then I looked to the north and saw people running," he told </span><a href="http://nine.com.au/" target="_blank"><span>nine.com.au</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And then I realised that it was </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-what-happened-shooters-victims-everything-we-know/88ccfc15-8a38-49f8-875c-ef82ef57d9b2" rel="" target="_blank" title="obviously gunshots"><span>obviously gunshots</span></a><span>."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-witness-craig-cobb-exclusive/281a80e7-62b5-4578-ab94-1894b7613469" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cobb grabbed his daughters and immediately started running away from the danger zone.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They fled up Hall Street, passing several shops where people were sheltering inside.</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/bondi-beach-shooting-who-are-the-bondi-shooters/b0fdd033-610d-4b47-98fd-25817e98e5df" target="_blank"><strong><span>What we know about the Bondi attackers</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cobb said he would have stopped to help others if he hadn't had his daughters with him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I had to get the girls and we just ran," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"To their credit, they knew it was serious. They listened to me. We just f—ing ran for our lives."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cobb and his children made it to a friend's house nearby and stayed there for several hours.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They've since been able to return home but Cobb's car is still parked on Campbell Parade, which remains closed off to motorists.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cobb doesn't know when he'll be able to retrieve it.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He counts himself lucky that getting his car back is the worst of his worries today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's horrible. Everyone's shaken."</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/bondi-beach-shooting-what-happened-shooters-victims-everything-we-know/88ccfc15-8a38-49f8-875c-ef82ef57d9b2" target="_blank"><strong><span>What we know about the Bondi Beach shooting</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-who-are-the-bondi-shooters/b0fdd033-610d-4b47-98fd-25817e98e5df" rel="" target="_blank" title="Two shooters"><span>Two shooters</span></a><span> opened fire on Bondi Beach just before 7pm on Sunday night, killing at least 15 and injuring dozens more.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, 24, are accused of carrying out the assault that has so far left </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-terror-attack-victims-named/8e866d73-4e45-4198-b28b-3661b4d8ad58" rel="" target="_blank" title="15 innocents dead"><span>15 innocents dead</span></a><span>, as well as the senior Akram.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Naveed Akram remains critically injured in hospital under police guard.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A Jewish event was taking place at the time of the shooting, which has been deemed a terrorist incident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>If you have been impacted by the terror attack in Bondi there is support available.</span></strong></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>To contact Lifeline Australia, call 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14. 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