Warning: this article contains distressing content.
Naeem. Ziyaad. Mark. Liam. Lance. Mike. Wayne. Abdul. Scott. Jim.
When Friday March 15 2019 began they were 10 everyday New Zealanders.
They said goodbye to their families, they went to work, they gathered for weekly prayers.
And then just before 2pm they faced the unthinkable and they became heroes, putting their own lives on the line to save others - many others - as a terrorist unleashed on the Christchurch Muslim community.
In just 17 minutes one man murdered 51 men, women and children and wounded 40 more.
And in those 17 minutes these 10 Kiwis did the most incredible things to help friends and strangers.
They may not think they are heroes, but today New Zealand and the world acknowledge their tremendous bravery.
Without their actions during the Christchurch terror attack many more lives would have been lost, many more families would have been torn apart by the terrorist's bullets.
The 10 are all recipients of the 2021 New Zealand Bravery Awards.
Here are their stories.
Dr Naeem Rashid and his sons arrived at the Al Noor Mosque for Friday prayer and less than 10 minutes after they entered the main congregation room the massacre began.
A lone gunman armed with high powered firearms was shooting indiscriminately at worshippers. Men. Women. Children.
As he made his way to the main room, terrified worshippers began to flee including Rashid.
Someone broke the lower pane of a small window and several people were able to escape, but others could not and a bottleneck developed.
Rashid was at the back of the group, who were all exposed to the gunman's line of fire.
The killer began firing shots into a large group of men on the other side of the room and Rashid took action.
He ran at the gunman.
When he was about a metre away he was shot in the shoulder but that did not stop him.
He collided with the gunman, grabbing him and knocking him to the ground.
As Rashid lay injured on the floor the gunman fired at him repeatedly, killing the heroic father.
The gunman continued to shoot and kill others - including Rashid's son Talhar, 22.
But it later emerged that at least seven people were able to escape through the broken window as Rashid distracted the killer.
He was posthumously awarded The New Zealand Cross which is given for acts of great bravery in a situation of extreme danger:
"In a situation of extreme danger, Dr Rashid displayed great courage and bravery in challenging the gunman, with complete disregard for his own safety," his citation reads.
"In so doing, he selflessly enabled others to escape, at the cost of his own life. Without Dr Rashid's brave actions, the loss of life on 15 March 2019 would have been even greater."
His wife Ambreen Naeem said she was grateful for the "special honour" which is the highest civil award for bravery.
"Naeem was a brave man, he was kind and loving," she said.
"He was a true follower of the peaceful faith of Islam, which is the complete code of life.
"Throughout his life, he always put others before him. On 15th March 2019, in those difficult circumstances, knowing the consequences, he tackled hate. By doing so he took an eternal life.
"Today we can't see him, but he has spread his message of peace and love, all over the world."
Ambreen said the award was not only for her late husband - but for "every peace-loving person who stands against hate".
"For all the victims, not only the victims of the Christchurch terror attack but all over the world," she said.
"This award is proof that there is no space for hate in New Zealand."
She said the acknowledgement was "very emotional" for her and her sons and family.
"I wish Naeem's mother would be here with me who gave birth and raised such a brave man," Ambreen said.
"Me and my sons are so proud of Naeem."
Ziyaad Shah was sitting in the middle of the main prayer room at Al Noor when the shooting started and the panic took hold.
He saw people start to run and immediately he grabbed the man next to him and rolled over him, shielding him with his own body.
As the gunman continued shooting Shah was shot twice - but he did not try to run, he did not abandon the brother he was protecting.
Shah pretended to be dead, and told his friend to remain calm and do the same.
As the terrorist stalked around the room shooting continuously, the pair lay still.
Shah was bleeding profusely but he did not move a muscle and protected the other man until the killer finally left the mosque.
Shah was awarded the New Zealand Bravery Decoration.
"Mr Shah's selfless actions in protecting his fellow worshipper demonstrated exceptional bravery," his citation reads.
Mark Miller and a colleague were driving in their work vehicle along Deans Ave, near Al Noor, at about 1.40pm.
They had no idea of the absolute hell that had broken loose in and around the mosque but were soon right in the midst of the massacre.
As they drove towards the Al Noor they heard gunfire and witnessed between five to eight people being shot and falling to the ground.
Miller's colleague stopped the vehicle around 100m from the masjid and said "we should go back to help".
Miller sprang from the vehicle and ran to the first wounded person he could see lying on the ground.
As the gunshots rang out furiously and relentlessly, Miller crawled between cars onto the footpath and tried to move the man.
It was impossible, but he stayed with the injured victim to comfort him.
Miller could see the gunman moving around the mosque. He could hear shots being fired.
But he did not flee.
Eventually another man came and helped Miller move the victim onto his side and together they administered first aid to the gunshot wound on his back.
Miller held the man upright as he was having trouble breathing.
The police arrived soon afterwards and even then, Miller stayed with the victim, helping first responders try to save his life.
Sadly, his injuries were too severe and he died there on the street.
Miller then moved to help lift another victim on a gurney and into an ambulance.
Only when he had done all he could, did Miller leave the scene.
He has been awarded the New Zealand Bravery Medal for acts of bravery.
Liam Beale was driving along Deans Ave when something hit his car, reverberated through the body of the vehicle.
Then he heard the noise - the cracking of gunshots.
He saw a man fall to the ground and then he realised a shooting was underway.
Beale did not think twice as he stopped and got out of his car.
He grabbed his first aid kit and made his way to a man lying wounded, bleeding on the grass on the nearby traffic island.
He pulled the man between two cars to shelter him from the gunman and applied a trauma bandage to his bullet wounds.
Beale then moved along the road to other victims, assessing the severity of their injuries, applying initial first aid, and moving those where he could to less exposed positions.
He came across a little girl lying face down on the footpath. She had been shot multiple times.
He ran back to the car to get his last bandage and once he had pressed it onto her wounds, he picked the child up and ran her down the road where others could assist him.
He warned them that the gunman was either still nearby or active and that an ambulance would not be able to get in unless police could secure the scene.
Another bystander ran and got his ute and Beale started lifting victims onto the back.
He then called emergency services, telling them that it was on its way out of the scene, that the people on the back needed urgent medical attention.
As they were trucked out, Beale stayed at the scene - helping more victims and the police as they converged.
Beale received the New Zealand Bravery Decoration for his act of exceptional bravery in a situation of danger.
"He placed his own life at risk, bravely searching for victims, assisting them and moving them to safety, while the gunman was active in the area," his citation read.
The gunman ran out of ammunition inside Al Noor and returned to his car to get more.
As he made his way back to continue his deadly spree he fired multiple shots along both directions of the street.
At one point the mass murderer fired 27 shots in one direction.
Lance Bradford was driving his ute along Deans Ave at the time and as he neared Al Noor he could not believe his eyes.
He could see eight to 10 people lying on the ground outside the mosque, in distress and clearly wounded.
He pulled over immediately and walked back towards the mosque.
As he made his way to the victims Bradford could hear the sounds of gunshots and people screaming.
He knew he had to do something to stop anyone else going near and he began stopping members of the public - who were seemingly unaware of the unfolding situation - from heading in the direction of the mosque.
Bradford then inched his way closer to the mosque, hiding behind cars as he went.
He found a man and a little girl with gunshot wounds.
Another passerby was helping the girl so Bradford turned his attention to the injured man.
Bradford and the other rescuer started making a plan to evacuate the victims - knowing ambulances may be delayed due to the active shooter.
When the first cohort of armed police arrived Bradford ran back to his ute and backed it quickly to where the injured people were.
Bradford loaded the wounded man and young girl into the vehicle, along with another man who had been shot in the leg.