Man Haron Monis is in the news. Fifty years of age, he was born in Iran as Manteghi Bourjerdi and migrated to Australia in 1996. A self-proclaimed Islamic “sheikh,” he burst into a Sydney chocolate shop and café and took seventeen hostages at gunpoint. More than a day later, the police burst into the shop. Together with Monis, two people were killed. One was Tori Johnson, a manager of the store, and the other is Katrina Dawson, an attorney and a mother of three. In addition, six people were wounded. The media are abuzz about the event. The Sydney hostage crisis, as it is now known around the world, is finally over. But it says a great deal about the human species. Humans love stories like this one. A train accident killing and injuring hundreds is nothing to them. An earthquake killing thousands is just a statistic. Only intimate details can get them going. The gorier, the better. A mother of three is a real treat for humans. Whence the predictable first and last paragraph of any article written by a journalist worthy of his or her trade. Returning to the Sydney hostage crisis, thousands are now leaving flowers in front of the chocolate shop and café. Tony Abbott, the prime minister of Australia, was among them. All around the historic spot, everybody is hugging each other and crying. Humans at their best.