'Our lives have been changed forever': Victims still fighting for life as Melbourne honours the dead
A mother had just left her eight-month-old baby at day care when a car struck her down in the Bourke Street Mall.
Critically injured Nethra Krishnamurthy's husband Mohan Kumar wrote on Facebook his wife was battling through multiple serious injuries and has already undergone several major surgeries.
"I would have done everything I could and leave everything I have to prevent this from happening to her," he wrote.
"I would like to thank everyone for their love, care and support during these hardest times.
"My heart goes out for all the victims of this tragedy and their friends, families and anyone affected directly or indirectly. Our lives have been changed forever."
It was her first week back from maternity leave, according to her colleague Tanvir Chowdhury who set up a crowd-funding page to help his friend through her recovery.
"She sustained serious injuries, which include deep lacerations to her head, a punctured lung, damage to her liver and kidneys, as well as broken ribs and fractures to her spine in three different places," Mr Chowdhury wrote on a My Cause page established to aid her through recovery.
The tech support worker remains in intensive care "with a long road to recovery", her husband in permanent vigil by her bedside as friends care for their baby, her colleague wrote.
The family of 19-year-old Erin Shi is praying for a miracle as the RMIT student fights for life at royal Melbourne Hospital.
"She's a very bright young girl. We hope a miracle happens," her uncle Colin told the Herald Sun.
Hundreds of Melburnians turned out at Federation Square to pay their respects to the five people who lost their lives after being struck by the vehicle allegedly driven by Dimitrious "Jimmy" Gargasoulas.
Countless people have laid flowers at the site of the carnage and offered prayers for the many victims still recovering in hospitals around the city.
Among the dead are three-month-old Zachary Bryant, 10-year-old Thalia Hakin, 22-year-old Jess Mudie, 33-year-old Matthew Si and a 25-year-old Japanese man.
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has offered condolences to Australia after the Bourke St rampage, where a Japanese man was killed.
In a phone call on Monday night with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Mr Abe expressed his condolences for the attack and tragic loss of life and injuries.
Mr Turnbull offered his sincere condolences for the death of a Japanese citizen.
The parents who lost their newborn son following the horror are still at hospital as their two-year-old daughter recovers.
Young Zara Bryant was in a stable condition on Monday night at the Royal Children's Hospital, the same place her baby brother lost his life late on Saturday night following Friday's rampage in the mall.
Zara's parents Matthew and Nawwar Bryant honoured the "light of their lives".
"Our beautiful Zara is in a stable condition, however Zachary, our son, did not survive," the grieving parents wrote.
"He was the most beautiful, loving, happy, and perfect little baby we were so lucky to be gifted with. He was the light of our lives constantly filling our days with smiles and laughs.
"He leaves us with the best three months and 14 days of wonderful memories spent in this world," they wrote.
Family members have paid tribute to 22-year-old Jess Mudie, the "badass young woman"
"We are constantly inspired by your love for everyone around you and the lengths you will go to for the people you love," the family wrote in a statement about the woman from Sydney.
"You are strong, beautiful, determined, always work hard to get what you want and never shy away from a challenge."
Mr Si's wife said had just finished lunch with him in the city before he was struck down and killed.
Described as a loving son, brother and husband, the family said he fought till end.
Members of Melbourne's Jewish community remembered young Thalia Hakin who lost her life while her mother Nathalie, and sister, nine-year-old Maggie suffered serious injuries.
"We mourn the loss of our dear student and community member Thalia Hakin, as well as the others who lost their lives," Rabbi Daniel Rabin posted on Facebook.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the Hakin family."
As scores of Melburnians laid flowers at the site of the tragedy, family members and friends have established crowd-funding campaigns for the victims and survivors.
To show your support visit The Bourke Street Fund
