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						Sydney siege: Sea of flowers to be used at memorial site in Diana-style plan to treat tributes with respect
				





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December 19, 2014
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Martin Place gunman caught on CCTV before siege
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                    CCTV footage of the gunman in Martin Place before the siege began. Courtesy: Seven News
                




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Sydney in contact with authorities in London and Boston
Collar bomb-hoax victim Maddie Pulver’s emotional visit
Katrina’s grieving relatives find tribute from daughter
Bodies of dead hostages returned to the families tonight
Pakistan, in mourning after school massacre, also offers condolences





				THE tens of thousands of flowers blanketing Martin Place will be composted and laid at a future memorial site.
				



The NSW Government is seeking advice from authorities in London on how they went about composting the tens of thousands of flowers laid after Princess Diana’s death which were eventually used to fertilise a memorial lawn.







The floral tribute at Martin Place continues to expand, forcing the authorities to make plans for their disposal. An office worker walking down steps shows the scale of the tribute. Picture: Toby Zerna
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A view from above of thousands of floral tributes in Martin Place for deceased hostages Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson. Picture: Cole Bennetts/Getty Images
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The public outpouring of grief over Diana’s death in 1997 led to a spontaneously laid field of flowers building up at the gates of her home, Kensington Palace, in London before her funeral procession. Picture: AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews
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Princess Diana, pictured on July 1, 1997, arriving at London’s Tate Gallery for a 36th birthday celebration two months before she was killed in a car crash in Paris.
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The tributes have now expanded to three sites at Martin Place, close to where the hostages, Katrina Dawson, 34, and Tori Johnson, 38. died along with gunman Man Monis on Tuesday morning. Their bodies will be released to their families tonight at 7pm.As the tide of mourners bringing bouquets continued to flood the city centre, Premier Mike Baird said the flowers will be “clean composted” and put at a memorial site yet to be determined.“The NSW Government is in contact with authorities in London and Boston regarding flowers, tributes notes and condolence books to ensure we are operating on prior international best practise.”It is believed tens of thousands have written condolence messages at Martin Place or posted them online.People who cannot make it to Sydney but would like to pay tribute to the victims can do so on the NSW Government’s online condolence book at https://www.nsw.gov.au/Hostage victim Madeleine’s visitCOLLAR bomb-hoax victim Madeleine Pulver was brought to tears as she laid flowers at Martin Place with her mother.Ms Pulver, who was held hostage in her home for ten hours by Paul Douglas Peters in August 2011, quietly paid her respects alongside her mother Belinda.She said the ordeal she had been through meant she empathised deeply with the plight of those trapped against their will in the Lindt Cafe in Martin Place.







Collar bomb victim Madeleine Pulver and mum Belinda laid flowers in Martin Place. Picture: John Grainger
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Ms Pulver was held hostage in her home for ten hours in 2012. Picture: John Grainger
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Maddie was brought to tears at the memorial site.  Picture: John Grainger
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“I just think it’s such a nice thing to come and have a minute to come and think about those who spent the 16 hours in the building that day,” Ms Pulver said.“It’s just being their for the friends and families.”Ms Pulver was reduced to tears by the beautiful Martin Place tribute which flooded her with memories of the day she herself was held hostage.The Wenona High School student, then 18, was at her Burrawong Ave home studying for her HSC when a balaclava-clad Peters broke in and put the fake collar bomb around her neck.He fled before bomb-disposal experts realised the bomb was an elaborate fake. Peters was arrested in the USA days later and extradited to Australia.He pleaded guilty to aggravated break and enter and detaining for advantage in Sydney’s Central Local Court in March 2012. In November that year he was sentenced to a jail term of 13 years and 6 months, with a non-parole period of 10 years.Katrina’s family grievesKATRINA Dawson’s family solemnly remembered her at the Martin Place floral tribute this morning.Four of them, two men and two women, slowly moved around the ever-expanding sea of flowers, taking their time to read every message of grief and support they could land their eyes upon.They stopped and clutched their chests and hugged one another when particularly poignant messages were read.Their longest pause came when they noticed a colourful drawing left by one of Mrs Dawson’s daughters of their mother. It read ‘I love you mum’.







Family members of Katrina Dawson take in the enormity of the make shift memorial. Picture: John Grainger
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Family members of Katrina Dawson read some of the messages among the sea of flowers left to honour their lost relative. Picture: John Grainger
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The little picture and message brought tears to the family members who visited the site today. Picture: John Grainger
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They brought out their phones and photographed the touching tributes, too many to hold in their memories.They did not rush, moving just a metre or two a minute. Half-an-hour after entering they left, too upset to make any comment.Ms Dawson was getting a coffee with at least one of the survivors, barrister Stefan Balafoutis when they were caught in the siege.She was also friends with Julie Taylor, another barrister caught in the siege who worked in the same chambers as Ms Dawson.Her husband Paul Smith is a partner at high profile law firm King & Wood Mallesons.







Katrina Dawsons friends including Andrew Coleman, right, from Banco Chambers.
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Tori Johnson's family at Martin Place yesterday. Picture: Adam Taylor
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Joel Herat, one of the hostages, at the memorial site in Martin Place. Picture: John Grainger
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CONSULATE GENERAL OF PAKISTANAbdul Aziz touched on the tragic events which have seen both countries descend into deep mourning.“We have come to lay flowers in memory of the two innocent Australians. I am representing the people of Pakistan,” Mr Aziz said.“Our office is also here in Martin Place so we were also in our office when this unfortunate and terrifying incident occurred.“We highly condemn the act by a lunatic. A frustrated person who killed two innocent people and terrorised many others.”







The Consulate General of Pakistan Abdul Aziz lays flowers at the memorial. Picture: John Grainger
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Pakistan suffered one of its worst terrorist attacks this week when 148 people were gunned down by the Taliban in a school. Picture: John Grainger
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Pakistani volunteers carry a student injured in the shootout. Picture: AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad
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Children are led away from the school. Picture: AP Photo/B.K. Bangash
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Mr Aziz, whose Martin Place office looks over the tribute, said he was moved by the display of solidarity in his new home.“I’m moved to see the overwhelming response from the Australians, and all the communities in particular professing different faiths, as one Australian nation and identifying them with the Australian population.”Mr Aziz revealed the heartbreak his own country had suffered after Taliban terrorists stormed a school hall and massacred 131 students and 11 teachers.“It’s unthinkable and literally it moved our hearts like we are bleeding and our eyes are full of tears,” Mr Aziz said.A candlelight vigil will be held to remember the Pakistani victims in Hyde Park at 7.30pm tonight.







Tributes for Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson. Picture: John Grainger
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