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       Bondi Junction stabbing survivor Liya Barko meets her superhero Wayne
       Tolver-Banks
        
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       In Wednesday night's follow-up interview, Barko said everything seemed
       to happen in seconds.
        
       "You were my angel appearing in the right place at the right time,"
       she said. "That was one of the reasons I stayed calm."
        
       The Tolver-Banks, from Cherrybrook in north-west Sydney, refused to
       let Barko die.
        
       Barko said that people like them were the real heroes of the Bondi
       attack.
        
       "All these movies with superheroes … after this situation, these are
       the superheroes we really need on our side," she said. "The people who
       can be with you when you suffer, taking care of you."
        
       She said Michi made her promise "not to let go". She shook Barko to
       keep her conscious as they waited for police and paramedics to arrive.
        
       In the panic after she was stabbed, Barko recalled others crying and
       screaming in fear. Tolver-Banks told a woman to calm down. "If you
       scream, he knows where you are... he [Cauchi] can find you," he
       reminded the panicking woman.
        
       After checking if Barko could walk, they moved her to safety inside
       the high fashion shop Sass & Bide, which then locked its doors.
        
        _Nine News_ reporter Ryan said after the trauma of the past month and
       the grieving for those who died at Westfield Bondi Junction, it was
       good to report on something positive.
        
       Tolver-Banks and Barko were relieved to have met, he said.
        
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       "It was all part of the healing process," said Ryan. "I think we have
       to move on from this story, but the way to move on is to have
       something positive to think about. We will never forget it, but for
       something positive, Liya [Barko] is it."
        
       Barko is only in Australia for 18 months on a student visa, but her
       friends hope the federal government will give permanent residency to a
       woman they describe as "brave, strong and intelligent".
        
       Her friend Kathryn Roulstone, of Bellevue Hill, said Barko had only
       just walked through the doors of Westfield Bondi Junction when she was
       stabbed.
        
       "She was not afforded the opportunity to be a hero, but she has been
       seriously injured, and we should provide her the same opportunity to
       stay," she said.
        
       The "bollard man", French national Damien Guerot, who tried to stop
       Cauchi, has been granted permanent residency for his bravery. Cauchi
       was shot dead by police.
        
       The independent federal MP for Wentworth Allegra Spender said they had
       been advocating on Barko's behalf with Immigration Minister Andrew
       Giles.
        
       "Liya is a very valued member of the community, and we all want to see
       her recovered and safely living here," she said.
        
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