Leanne Lucas was overseeing a Taylor Swift-themed dance class when the attacks took place.
Leanne Lucas was speaking during a candlelit vigil to remember women and girls who have lost their lives to male violence
The teacher who suffered serious stab wounds while trying to protect two girls said the community had become connected in a way "we couldn’t have imagined would be possible out of something so horrific". She said: "My purpose was creating wellbeing events for children and families, and for that to happen where I was, and for the words I spoke and the children spoke, for that to be trampled over has just really dampened all of our spirits, feeling unsafe, feeling like we just lost faith in the world really.
"Sometimes that string will fray and tangle and knot, but at the best of times, it will wrap together and it's brought a lot of us closer, creating kindness and warmth, and it's created a strong force that almost we couldn't have imagined would be possible out of something so horrific."The impact has been tragic, but there has been some glimmers, at times."
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