If you walk to this Italian cafe on the Bourke St66 these two days, you will stop. The doorway of the coffee shop had been covered with flowers, and countless strangers came to mourn an old man.
Sisto Malaspina, the 74-year-old owner of the coffee shop, is a familiar grandfather to many customers. He has run the corner cafe for 31 years, and no matter how change Melbourne's CBD, the smell of coffee and his smile will never change.
Friends and customers who knew Sisto couldn't believe it, and the funny old man suddenly died. But when they learned what had happened, everyone understood that this was him, and that he was such a warm-hearted man.
On Friday, when a car was in Bourke St explosion, the first reaction of the Sisto to hear the noise was to go up and help save people.
He didn't think much, he instinctively wanted to rescue the people in the car. But who would have thought that he had met a terrorist who had deliberately ignited the car. By the time Sisto ran up, terrorist had picked up the knife and got out of the car, and Sisto was one of the closest passers-by, becoming the first target of terrorist's attack.
In a few seconds, Mr. Sisto, who was kind enough to help, was stabbed by the gangster and poured into a pool of blood.
Sisto's misfortune, let all smell sad. The kind and warm-hearted old man of his life was so dehumanized that he ended his life.
But friends who know him know that a terrorist will not change his helping nature. If this happens next time, he will still do so.
Sisto's departure leaves the family without a kind elder, the bar without a lovely boss, and the city without a kind soul.
People came to remember the respectable old man. Some offered him a bouquet of flowers, some played a violin for him, others wrote him a card, and others wept silently for him.
Australians may forget fear and hatred, but not these good people.
The terrorist who created this tragedy is dead, as if it should be over. But in fact, another thing is brewing and fermenting in Australian social networks.
When hatred and fear break up, good will continues to relay!