[41] In the final moment, there was no remorse or repentance, and they shouted: Allahu Akbar, or "God is great! At 11:05 p.m. on 12 October 2002, a suicide bomber inside the nightclub Paddy's Pub (sometimes referred to as Paddys Irish Bar) detonated a bomb in his backpack, causing many patrons, with or without injuries, to immediately flee into the street. Many of the injured were forced to be flown extreme distances to Darwin (1,800km or 1,100mi) and Perth (2,600km or 1,600mi) for specialist burn treatment. Idris dialed the number of the Nokia to detonate the bomb at the Consulate. [When I got] to the army hospital I could hear the noise of a lot of people. The bombing occurred during one of the busiest tourist periods of the year in Kuta Beach, driven in part by many Australian sporting teams making their annual end-of-season holiday. A Seconds from Disaster episode, "Bali Bombings", was a documentary telling the story of what happened, and looking at what happened after the incident. The world-first technology, which allows healthy skin cells to be cultured and sprayed on to wounds, greatly reduced permanent scarring in burns victims. [23][24] A week after the blasts, Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera put to air an audio-cassette purportedly carrying a recorded voice message from Osama Bin Laden saying that the Bali bombings were in retaliation for support of the United States' war on terror and Australia's role in the liberation of East Timor.[5]. "I just kept setting myself small goals," he said. So I had to walk away from those girls and leave them to die. ANDREW CSABI, Australian survivor: At 10:30pm, we decided to go into the Sari Club. The local Sanglah Hospital was ill-equipped to deal with the scale of the disaster and was overwhelmed with the number of injured, particularly burn victims. He awoke from an induced coma in Royal Perth Hospital 13 days later. * Another person died Monday morning in Royal Darwin Hospital after being flown in from Bali. ", He reacted almost instantly. Expect more that will further distress you. We'd eaten at the nightclubs, near the famous Poppieslane, and then we walked along Kuta beach at sunset back to our hotel. David was on a trip with his football team when the devices exploded in the tourist district of Kuta, killing 202 people. I told the family I'd be in touch and I [left]. The only way you could help the injured was to put [them] on motorcycles for good Samaritans, who were taking them out. THIOLINA F MARAPAUNG,Indonesian survivor andhead of the Bali Bombing Victims' Association, Isana Dewata Foundation: My two friends suggested [we] drive past [Jalan] Legian because it was Saturday night [and we wanted] to check out how Kuta was during night time. The University of Western Australia is offering more courses than ever before. It was then he discovered his right leg had been removed from below the knee, that he had burns to 50 per cent of his body, and he had many shrapnel wounds. I'm acutely aware of my surroundings, I don't feel the same when I'm in airports, and don't feel as secure on public transport a lot. The legal status of Kadir, Idris and others who might have their convictions quashed following the ruling on the retrospective law is unclear. It's important to realise that neither of these were AFP jurisdiction. Mr Fyfe, now the chief executive of Synergy, was just metres from the suicide bomber who detonated his bomb inside Paddys Bar at the start of the 2002 Bali attack. Then, according to people, I ran away from the site. They were lazy, in my view, but that probably saved their life. There were a lot of people on the street. DE HAART:I just grabbed anyone I could see in front of me and [helped] them out. I do not know for sure the source of the aforementioned money from Hambali; most probably it was from Afghanistan, that is, from Sheikh Usama bin Laden. A repeated tragedy in Bali in 2005 did not reduce the Kuta community's determination to carry out this annual event. He is humble about the part his willpower and tenacity played in his recovery. They were given some instructions on how to mix the components of the explosive and they did the best they could, I guess. David Fyfe, Synergys head of commercial and its acting chief executive, succeeds Jason Waters, who took the helm of the Perth Mint last month. "I got blown off my feet," he said. And they were just interacting and sort of trying to joke around [in]the way most of the other Indonesians I had interacted with at that time [did]. Blatantly lied to: Clarkes ex responds to cheating drama, McGowan to spruik WAs green hydrogen during Asian junket, Incompetence: War of words over gas bills. A bronze plaque lists the names of the 88 Australians who died in the bombings. Mr Fyfe recently returned to Bali for the first time since the bombings. Suddenly the lights went off. I had been exposed to dead people before as part of my duty, but never more than sort of two or three [at] a time. I was back part-time, on crutches, in five months.". * An injured person aboard an RAAF Hercules evacuation flight died en route to Darwin on Sunday night. He told police. And then, therefore, that can lead to what group was ultimately responsible, what terrorist group was responsible for the bomb itself. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can ATKINSON:Outside [the hospital], ambulances and trucks were arriving all the time, bringing more bodies. Then I was out. The pair had been in the Sari Club, which was wrecked by the bigger secondary blast, just two drinks earlier. CSABI: I can't understand what goes through your mind there except when I woke up, I was just looking down. That was when a van in the street containing the second bomb is believed to have gone off outside the Sari Club. I don't have any malice and anger, I can't let it into my life, because while I'm trying to do that, [being] angry and resentful, I'm not healing. He has a proven track record of delivering customer-focused business strategies and achieving success in the two major government trading enterprises in the energy sector, Mr Johnston said. Ninety-four RDX electric detonators were fitted to the TNT. I can remember the filthy stench of chloride and a napalm smell. But keeping his path clear of any victims mentality has been the key to surging positively into his new lifes chapter. There are 88 jets in the fountain; at night, there are lights representing all those who died. David Fyfe was very nearly number 203. A memorial which lists the victims of the bombings from Western Australia was opened on the first anniversary, and is situated on the ridge of Mount Eliza in Kings Park, overlooking the city. Two bombs ripped through the Kuta area of the Indonesian tourist island of Bali on 12 October 2002, leaving 202 people dead. "[39] Supreme Court judge Djoko Sarwoko, however, said a "last-minute legal challenge by the relatives of Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron will not change or delay the execution." One of the big reasons he needed to get well fast, he said, was because of his then four-year-old son, Liam. Reuters:Darren Whiteside DW/JS/File photo, Aviation industry awaits answers why Qantas issued 'unusual' mayday alert, New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern says she will not seek re-election, Teenage boys charged over alleged Tara shooting to face court today, Are the climate wars really over? Synergy ceo David Fyfe, who was a Bali bombing survivor from 2002. On 23 July 2004, one of the convicted bombers, Maskur Abdul Kadir, successfully appealed his conviction. Then this lady took my details, I just said 'I'm right, you can help someone else'. Weve got a newsletter for everyone. Balinese boys were hanging off the tree branches to one side, watching. I remember all I could do was hold my arm blood kept gushing out. It's difficult to get past it all. What that meant was that Muslims, who were involved in the combat in those two places, which included members of JI, could take that 1998 fatwa from Al-Qaeda, and say, 'this is happening in Indonesia too, Muslims from the Christian Zionist alliance are being killed by this larger group'. Secondary charges in this indictment accused him of involvement in the Bali bombing, the first time he faced charges in relation to this attack. His remarkable resilience meant that he was determined to get the most out of life, despite his injuries. And that was it. He managed to crawl from the wreckage, despite suffering 50% burns, straight into another blast.. ATKINSON: [At the hospital] I asked who was in charge and the doctor came forward with a huge clipboard, who'd been up all night and was white with tirednessHe showed me the names many Australian names and addresses. Tourists and locals alike, more than ninety thousand people participates in the numerous events, year after year. Doctor Billy McNeil stood up for 72 hours and just helped people try and look after their wounds, try and keep them alive. It was just a bizarre sequence of events, he said. Engineer David Fyfe was inside Paddy's Bar when the first bomb went off. So to see that sort of destruction was on another level. But we were running concurrently, what was effectively a murder investigation [of] a terrorist bombing that killed 202 people, including the 88 Australians [and] at the same time, we were running a disaster victim identification [investigation of] those 202 people. [My friends] Lina and Gatot were no longer in the car. My left leg, it was at right angles, and my right foot, my toes were missing. [After the meeting] I remember all of us, the forensic team, the investigations team, the bomb data-centre specialists that were over there, there was a lot of quiet pride, I guess. A granite cube serves as a memorial in the Eastern Formal Gardens of Parliament House. On arrival, the army medical team, which included intensivists and a surgeon, furthered the triage process, performed emergency escharotomies and administered much needed analgesia. Or that a third bomb would detonate about 45 seconds later nearthe US consulate. The 20 year anniversary is being marked in several ways, Mr Fyfe and Professor Wood are speaking together at the upcoming Business News breakfast on The Path of Resilience, and author and journalist Sue Williams has released a biography of Professor Woods story, named Under Her Skin, with proceeds directed to the Fiona Wood Foundation. And they [applied tourniquets] I'd looked down at [my] leg and I looked at my foot. leader and business. Catch up with The Loop, Is there a safe limit of alcohol you can drink? West Australian Newspapers Limited 2023. I asked him if he knew how many would be dead, not expecting him to know, and he just said 181 and one at another hospital, so 182 so far. The investigators were able to identify the location of a number of the telephones, leading to a series of arrests. It was, give yourself a slap in the face and move on. Bali was a popular tourist destination when it was attacked in 2002. General Pastika ordered his men to make the arrest early the next morning, November. Two of Clint and Trent's brothers, Brock and Ryan, and their sister Farrah, are accompanying them. There were many acts of individual heroism. He didn't dwell on the wounds left by the shrapnel that had ripped through him, or the jagged pieces still lodged in his flesh. MCEWAN: Over time, we had different police disciplines [in Bali]. An official with SANFL club Sturt), Tim Hawkins, 29 (from Hobart, a former Australian rower and brother of Olympic gold medallist Stephen Hawkins). Jodie Cearns' flat mate), Julian Burton, 29 (from Sturt Football club) in Royal Adelaide Hospital, burns. Normally, we would have gone down to Paddy's Bar there but the two officers had only just stepped off the plane, so they didn't want to. A permanent memorial was built on the site of the destroyed Paddy's Pub on Legian Street. He confessed that visiting the Kuta memorial had provoked tears, which often flowed for others who lost so much in 2002. Indonesian authorities also believe more suspects remain at large. He said the group had been in Bali for just two days and he and teammate Aaron Cowdery were in Paddys when hell broke loose. You're in Bali, you don't think it's going to be a terrorist or even a bomb. Two decades on, Fiona Wood is still exploring revolutionary burns treatments - including the role of the mind in recovery. An unofficial list of the dead, missing and injured Australians following the bomb blasts in Bali: DEAD 30 Australians are confirmed dead including: NSW Shane Foley, 34 (from the Coogee Beach Dolphins junior rugby league club) Marc Gajardo, 30 (from Cornwall, was living in Byron Bay) Adam Howard, 26 (from Double Bay, member of the Dolphins) "I thought 'it's time to get yourself out of here'.". After praying with the crowd, she spent half an hour in the house of the executed man and spoke with his mother. He still has some metal shrapnel in his old wounds and has undergone many skin grafts and follow-up surgeries. And that will help you determine what the likely category of explosives were. The memorial is specifically designed to frame the sun's rays at dawn on 12 October each year and faces in the exact direction of Bali. The local Sanglah Hospital was quickly overwhelmed with the number of victims. It is the work of the artist Gary Breeze and the sculptor Martin Cook.[59]. I'm not a racist in any shape or form. [5], On 9 November 2008, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Huda bin Abdul Haq were executed by firing squad on the island prison of Nusakambangan. He shies away from giving advice to others facing hardship. The broad smile on Dave Fyfes face reflects the spirit which has helped him survive and then thrive after his brush with Bali terror. And it was that fatwa from Al-Qaeda that was instrumental in inspiring violence from groups in many different places but including among a faction of JI led by Hambali. In 2005, two marble wall placards were unveiled at Hong Kong Football Club in memory of the members of the club who were killed in the bombings. Having moved to Perth from his Scottish home in 1992, he was a lower-level manager with Telstra at the time of the bombings and was on an end-of-season trip to Bali with teammates from the Perth City Soccer Club. It stars Raelee Hill, Mirrah Foulkes, Alex Komang, Surya Saputra, John O' Hare, Sarah Treleaven, and Joshua Pandelaki. DECI: People were clapping because they thought there was a party in Paddy's. "I'm at the stage where my prosthetic leg will crack before I do," he said. I was covered in blood. The rooms were full of patients, the staff [were] completely overworked, people had horrific injuries and burns, many of whom would probably die. JONES: Almost everyone involved in the Bali bombings in 2002 [were eventually] linked to the branch of Jemaah islamiah [JI] that was based in Malaysia, not in Indonesia. The car was in flames. So you had your forensics, you had your investigators the list went on family liaison officers. His account of the bombing, his struggle to overcome his horrific injuries and the work of Fiona Wood in saving his life, graphically demonstrated the great work the Foundation has already done and why FPA . A memorial to seven residents of Sutherland Shire who were victims is at Cronulla. Blatantly lied to: Clarkes ex responds to cheating drama, New photos reveal damage to Great Northern Highway, Nepal finds all but one after deadly crash, Ukrainian minister among 17 killed in chopper crash at kindy, 14 dead after helicopter crashes into Kyiv childcare. I looked to the left where the Sari Club was, and it was just absolute chaos. "I felt a massive rush of hot air just past my head when I was on the ground. He said he would appeal. Every time I opened the wardrobe I would cry. It's quite a challenging thing to do. The boys were a matter of only five minutes away from the site when the bombs went off, but lifes full of sliding door moments.. I'm trying to wave people forward and I didn't even know whether I was crawling in a safe direction. Register or login now and receive unlimited access to our award-winning, unbiased and trusted As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Speaking at a Business News Success and Leadership breakfast this morning, Mr Fyfe recounted the moment the bomb went off as he was on a dancefloor, metres away from the blast in Kuta, in October 2002. Dr Pethick helped transfer them to the nearest clinic and then onto the local hospital. They assisted in placing IV cannulas and IDCs, as well as offering emotional support, and began transferring patients out to the airport pending arrival of Australian Army medics on a Hercules plane. Philippine intelligence considers Munandar to be associated with Mohammad Abdullah Sughayer, a Saudi national Abu Sayyaf Group in southern Philippines. It was funny because I always say thatyour positive attitude attracts positive results and it worked for me. The memorial consists of a 1.5-metre marble globe, to represent that people from 21 countries were killed, and has 202 doves carved into it. We plan on paying our respects on the day and then well have a good time, he said. It happened. The first bomber headed to Paddy's Pub. They smiled, they laughed, they were just normal people. Indonesian investigators were able to print out a list of calls he had made immediately before, during and after the bombing, as well as the names and telephone numbers in the phone's memory. I dealt with it. Additional photography courtesy of Reuters, AP and Facebook. And I turned around and followed him back into the Sari Club. The Bali Bombing memorial at the site of the original Paddy's Pub across the road from the site of the now demolished Sari Club (to the left of this picture). I was informed that might have been six or seven [minutes] after the blast. On 15 August, Riduan Isamuddin, generally known as Hambali, described as the operational chief of Jemaah Islamiyah was arrested in Ayutthaya, Thailand, the old capital one hour's drive north of Bangkok. 'Help, help.' I told the psychologist everything. Imron used the motorbike to plant the small bomb outside the U.S. Consulate. Our community is particularly vulnerable to burns injury due to our landscape and the types of industry we operate," Professor Wood said. MCEWAN: [From the restaurant] we saw an inferno in the distance. There will always be small, independent cellssome of whom are not particularly well informed that continue to believe that they have a mission. [29] He was also stated to have orchestrated numerous Jemaah Islamiyah-related incidents in the past and been one of the executives of said terrorist group.[30]. The memorial is made of intricately carved stone, set with a large marble plaque, which bears the names and nationalities of each of those killed. DECI: My family and friends didn't leave me and they would help me with my weaknesses, especially in the beginning, I really shut myself off from the world. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Amrozi's brother, Ali Imron, who had expressed remorse for his part in the bombing, was sentenced to life imprisonment on 18 September. I didn't receive help right away Finally a nurse brought me a wheelchair and told me to sit [and] she wheeled me inside. We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse. DEWA KETUT RUDITAWIDYA PUTRA (nickname Deci), Indonesian survivor:We werestuck [in acar] in atraffic jamand our position was right in front of the Sari Club's door. Idris then rode the motorbike as Imron drove two suicide bombers in the Mitsubishi to the nightclub district in Kuta. If you need support, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14. Once I was inside I had to wait still because it was still crowded. Please try again later. [19] For the Sari club bomb with the L300 van, the terrorists assembled 12 plastic filing cabinets filled with explosives. There would be no dwelling on the terrorists who had committed the atrocity. SIDNEY JONES, an expert onsecurity in South-East Asia and founder and senior adviser to the Jakarta-based Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict: I think [the people behind the attacks] hoped to literally cause fear. The Balinese mark their commitment in a nine-day-long event. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please My blood pressure just started to plummet and my heart rate had gone through the roof. I got up on my first lesson, on the very last wave.". Eddie McGuire on Nine Network's television call of McCartney's return after the bombings (North Melbourne vs. Richmond, Round 11, 2003)[49]. [3] A further 209 people were injured. It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse. Also believe more suspects remain at large right, you do n't think it 's to. 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