<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tributes have continued to grow across Bondi Beach, along with a sea of abandoned personal belongings that were left behind during the mass shooting that killed at least 16 people.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The collection of items, including children's toys, towels and deck chairs, was left behind as people fled for safety as two gunmen opened fire at Bondi Beach during the Hanukkah By The Sea religious celebration.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Floral tributes have also continued to be spread across the iconic 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/bondi-beach-shooting-live-updates-latest-news-headlines/5a9bbb14-ef81-45a3-985d-da6b4062460e" target="_blank" title="Gunmen were father and son"><strong><span>Gunmen were father and son</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I was in the water, and then suddenly I just see people jumping, so then I had to get out, and then I had to leave all my stuff," a young witness told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Then I had to quickly run."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We always send our children to have fun, and it was a holy day, it was Hannukkah yesterday, it's just devastating," another witness told 9News.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/tributes-growing-on-bondi-beach-following-shooting/f6576a7d-8992-43ff-9f70-4c8639234b7e" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We couldn't sleep the whole night, especially when you send your most precious, your children."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>'ABSOLUTE MASSACRE':</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-man-who-survived-israel-october-7-injured-in-mass-shooting/a5650f84-76a6-4566-9a11-af21aa8d6ec4" target="" title="Bloodied witness describes chaos"><strong><span>Bloodied witness describes chaos</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's just awful."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's just traumatising, I see families broken," another young witness told 9News.</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"><span>Bondi lifeguards have collected many of the possessions and are waiting for their owners to retrieve them.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The collection of items stretches across the sand near Ramp Three of Bondi Beach.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lifeguards have also begun taking stock of their first aid items after using large amounts of their own medical equipment, such as bandages and defibrillators, to help assist the victims of yesterday's attack.</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><span> </span><em><span>To contact Lifeline Australia, call 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14. 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