A story of hope and resilience.
A story of hope and resilience.
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A message from Ben Besant following the December 2024 Supreme Court of NSW Decision to restore his name.
“Today was a good day! I have not only been given my name back but my dignity and my higher purpose in life. This is a victory not just for me but for all our first responders and military personnel. It means we can have a real discussion about PTSD and what has to be done to keep first responders well and in work.”
“Things will now change because they have to. Plummeting retention rates in the NSW Police Force are the tip of the iceberg. Throwing our mentally wounded hero first responders on to the social scrap heap of workers compensation, alcoholism, social isolation, humiliation and suicide are over.”
“It’s all about mateship and teamwork. Australian values. And that is how we are going to take on PTSD: always advancing, never retreating.”
Ben Besant.
February 2025.
Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! is the untold story of the courageous actions of the NSW Tactical Operations Unit (TOU) that unfolded on the 15th and 16th of December 2014. For over 16 hours, a lone wolf terrorist, Man Haron Monis, inspired by Islamic State and armed with a pump action shotgun and the threat of a ‘backpack bomb,’ held 18 hostages captive in the Lindt café in Martin Place, Sydney.
Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! will challenge what you thought you knew about the siege that was live streamed around the world, with details that show how willing ‘the boys in black’ were to sacrifice their lives. However, Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! is more than ‘an edge of your seat’ insider's perspective on Australia’s first terrorist hostage rescue mission. Written by the officer who shot and killed the terrorist, this extraordinary front-line account shows that, if Ben Besant can learn to live with the psychological damage done to him in the line of duty, then there is a message of resilience and hope in this book for everyone.
Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! introduces the training and front-line experience of Ben Besant as a tactical asset and operator as well as his battle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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