Why did Sydneysiders queue up to four hours to give blood after the Bondi attack? Here’s what they told us

At Lifeblood’s Sydney town hall donor centre, a line stretched outside the front doors and around the building just before noon on Monday morning. Photograph: George Chan/Getty Images

As Sydney reeled from the Bondi beach terror attack, Sarah sat at home in the city’s inner west, feeling helpless.

So on Monday, the 59-year-old doctor, who asked not to use her last name, rolled up her sleeve and made the same decision as thousands of other Australians: to donate blood. She felt giving blood was the least she could do.