The officer who killed the Lindt Cafe terrorist says he "locked eyes" with the gunman within the moments earlier than he shot him to finish the siege.
Café supervisor Tori Johnson, 34, and barrister Katrina Dawson, 38, have been amongst 18 hostages taken by gunman Man Haron Monis on the Lindt Cafe in Sydney's CBD on December 15, 2014.
On the eighth anniversary at this time, the person often known as officer A is telling his story for the primary time, releasing a ebook referred to as Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! The Lindt Cafe Siege.
Officer A, who stays nameless, informed 9News reporter Damian Ryan he nonetheless thinks in regards to the siege day-after-day.
"The second after we went in, we have been fully satisfied we have been going to die," Officer A mentioned.
"I knew from the second I heard Tori Johnson had been executed, there was just one factor to be performed and that was to make entry to avoid wasting as many hostages as we may."
Officer A described how police pushed ahead to the primary window to watch the hostages.
"Seeing the distraught state they have been all in due to one man's actions, I felt emotional attachment to them," he mentioned.
"I used to be texting my spouse getting her to ship extra photos of my little lady who I whole-heartedly believed I might by no means see once more."
It was the execution of cafe supervisor Tori Johnson, which compelled police to storm the cafe, resulting in Officer A killing the gunman.
"We locked eyes... I engaged and shot the terrorist and there's a lot that occurred after that as properly that I do not cease fascinated with," he mentioned.
Dawson was fatally wounded by shrapnel from a police gun.
9News understands NSW Police had been against the ebook and banned officers from his previous unit from attending at this time's ebook launch.
Officer A left the NSW Police after a knee damage and as a result of Put up Traumatic Stress Dysfunction (PTSD), which he developed following the siege.
He wrote the ebook as remedy for his PTSD, which he believes emergency companies want to contemplate extra for his or her assist and coaching.
"I consider the police drive must do much more on this space," he mentioned.