Phil Haines and Sam Mostyn had every right to choose anger. They chose something harder

Key points

• Phil Haines thanked surgeons, nurses and bystanders at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne on Wednesday. His wife, Helen Haines, lost both legs after an alleged attack on Monday afternoon.
• Governor-General Sam Mostyn urged Australians to practise decency. Bystander Ricky Jefferies secured the alleged attacker.
• At a vigil in Wodonga, Cathy McGowan called on the community not to let violence win and said the attack was an attack on democracy.