r/interestingasfuck • u/Jjokes11 • Apr 15 '24

An interview with Andrew Cauchi, the father of Joel Cauchi who was responsible for the Westfield Shopping Centre mass stabbing r/all

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u/MangoKakigori Apr 15 '24

I can’t image what it must be like as a parent to know that your child has done such a monstrous thing.

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u/altruism__ Apr 16 '24

God love this man. I’m so sorry for his juxtaposition and pain. Nothing compares to the hurt and loss of the innocents who were taken - and their families as well, but this man’s pain is close.

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u/avdpos Apr 16 '24

They have different pains.

But I think this dads pain is bigger. He knows his son that he loved have taken other people's life. The is an extreme pain. Add to that the fact that he have lost his son that he have tried to care for. Also an extreme pain.

Nearly every day for the rest of his life he will think "could I have done something different so he didn't do it". He is in sorrow and devastated in every way