Baby Montannah’s rescue lifted Queensland’s spirits

At 13-months, Montannah’s steady gaze into a camera’s lens in the midst of chaos added to the power of one of the most iconic images of the rescue effort during the horrific floods of 2011. She was wet and bedraggled and being cradled by a soldier. His face was hidden by the visor on his helmet but the way Warrant officer Tony Young’s hand supported her neck, a finger gently touching her face, made it clear she was in safe hands.

It was a bright moment in terrible…



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