I had this massive hard thump in my chest and I was just knocked out instantly. Now 43, he exercises fanatically, and can leg press 120kg. Many severely injured Australians did survive, due to early interventions, but not everyone made it and Dr Pethick had a critical role in speaking with their families at that dark time. It was his last memory before waking up in Royal Perth Hospital 12 days later. I tried to keep calm and made my way to escape the fire. When he woke from an induced coma in Royal Perth Hospital 13 days later, the nurses told him, his right leg had been amputated just below the knee. It was [an] obviously shocking series of events unfolding. Cookies help us improve your website experience. It was an end-of-season soccer trip that put Mr Fyfe in Bali, standing on the edge of the dance floor in Paddy's Bar, when the first bomb went off. 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. heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment. ATKINSON: I just hope they can protect what's special about Bali, which is that it is so different from the rest of Indonesia. The film was directed by Enison Sinaro and written by Wong Wai Leng and Andy Logam-Tan. 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. In 2006, Long Road to Heaven, an Indonesian feature film about the bombings, was released by Kalyana Shira Films. [43] For burial, Mukhlas and Amrozi's bodies were flown by helicopter to Tenggulan, Lamongan, East Java, while Imam Samudra's body was flown to Serang, Banten, amid "welcome martyrs" banner displayed at the cemetery. He is in American custody in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. "I call it my moment of acceptance," Mr Fyfe said yesterday. I'm trying to wave people forward and I didn't even know whether I was crawling in a safe direction. On the night of October 12, 2002, thousands of holiday makers from Australia were in Bali's Kuta nightclub district when bomb blasts went off, indiscriminately killing 200 innocent people. Aris Munandar (aka Sheik Aris) is a Jemaah Islamiyah associate linked to Bashir. Despite a snapped Achilles tendon in his right leg, he managed to drag himself outside to the pavement before feeling the back of his legs and ending with hands pooled in blood. [36], The Denpasar District Court, on 3 November, accepted a reprieve motion to reconsider the death sentences. There were so many people injured by the explosion that some of the injured had to be placed in hotel pools near the explosion site to ease the pain of their burns. An annual twilight service is held at the site of the memorial on each anniversary of the Bali bombings. Imron used the motorbike to plant the small bomb outside the U.S. Consulate. I never did any interviews with journalists, Inever wanted to. [44][45] Indonesian singer and TV presenter Dorce Gamalama attended the funeral of Imam Samudra. David Fyfe, Synergy's head of commercial and its acting chief executive, succeeds Jason Waters, who took the helm of the Perth Mint last month. Now the expat has recalled the moment he was blown up in a documentary for Australian television. He wore compression garments and protective gloves as well as the numbers "88" and "202" on his jersey, signifying the Australian and total numbers of victims, while many in the crowd held up signs saying "Bali 88/202". "My leg was killing me," he said. If you need support, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), abc.net.au/news/what-happened-october-12-2002-in-the-bali-bombing/101482382, Get breaking news alerts directly to your phone with our app. His remarkable resilience meant that he was determined to get the most out of life, despite his injuries. ", Indonesia's Supreme Court denied previous petitions for judicial review amid the constitutional court's dismissal of the bombers' appeals. The then 33-year-old refused to use a wheelchair. I refer to him as my first angel of the night. This is the first time I [have done] an interview. I started writing furiously. Mr Fyfes right leg was amputated in the aftermath of the bombings in October 2002 that killed more than 200 people, including 88 Australians. Or that mere moments later, a second, bigger bomb would go off in a van across the road,outside the Sari Club. GREEN:I was simply going along to video and audio record the interview itself. And that kind of galvanised me. The memorial was dedicated on 12 October 2004, the second anniversary of the attack. Every time I opened the wardrobe I would cry. The execution caused high tension and sparked clashes in Tenggulan between hundreds of police and supporters. And what's incredible is [I no longer fear]traffic jams. A comic book about the first Bali bombing was launched to promote peace and discourage radicalism and terrorism in Indonesia. DECI: When we got [to Sanglah Hospital], it was already so crowded, victims were everywhere. He also required five litres of blood to replace what he had lost and to keep him alive. This week, for the first time, almost 10 years after he was blown up in Bali, Mr Fyfe has shared his incredible story of survival and recovery with _The West Australian _ and Channel 7. It was October 12, 2002, and the night was just getting started. A Seconds from Disaster episode, "Bali Bombings", was a documentary telling the story of what happened, and looking at what happened after the incident. ", He reacted almost instantly. Then this lady took my details, I just said 'I'm right, you can help someone else'. In Perth, David Fyfe surfs with a prosthetic leg. DE HAART: One thing that does stand out to me is that so many people, so many Australians really stood up that day, even that night. [5] However, former FBI agent Ali Soufan confirmed in his book, The Black Banners, that al-Qaeda did in fact finance the attack. Mr Fyfe recently returned to Bali for the first time since the bombings. He has held executive roles in operations, commercial sales, asset management, and business development. 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. We need to be prepared for smaller scale accidents as well as the next disaster. DECI: There was a woman helping me, telling me to come and that she'll call an ambulance. [4] 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) On their arrival to Sanglah hospital it became clear that adequate treatment for those severely injured had to be sought elsewhere. A bronze plaque lists the names of the 88 Australians who died in the bombings. As noted below, all three were executed on 9 November 2008. SHANE HAMMING,an explosives specialist with the AFP's Australian bomb data centrewho was sent to Bali: I first heard about [the bombing] on the news on the Sunday, I think. A survivor of the Bali bombings 20 years ago has been tapped as the new boss of State-owned electricity retailer Synergy. First aid and burn innovations that saved lives during the Bali bombings. 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. The second lot were bleeding and had their clothes blown off them. David Fyfe was in a bar when three terrorist bombs rocked the holiday resort in October 2002. So you had your forensics, you had your investigators the list went on family liaison officers. David Fyfe was very nearly number 203. "I do remember picking myself up," he said. I remember them trying to keep us cool and trying to attend to our wounds and I had my first amputation in Bali on that left leg above my ankle and on my right foot, on my toes. The broad smile on Dave Fyfes face reflects the spirit which has helped him survive and then thrive after his brush with Bali terror. [37][38] Fahmi Bachmid, a lawyer for the family of Jafar Sodiq, a brother of Amrozi and Mukhlas, stated: "We lodged the judicial review to Denpasar court to question (previous) decisions." Mr Fyfe said he needed to understand what had happened to him. DE HAART:I just grabbed anyone I could see in front of me and [helped] them out. Despite a snapped Achilles tendon in his right leg, he managed to drag himself outside to the pavement before feeling the back of his legs and ending with hands pooled in blood. And that was it. The doctors suspected I would be off work for 12 months. Mr Fyfe, 33, said: "I'm at the stage where my prosthetic leg will crack before I do.". [33][34][35] On 25 October 2008, Communications and Information Minister asked the Indonesian media to stop calling the three "heroes". Its 20 years on, but I can still remember a really loud popping noise, he said. I just started recognising the severity of it. MCEWAN: [From the restaurant] we saw an inferno in the distance. [7] Twenty seconds later, a second and much more powerful car bomb hidden inside a white Mitsubishi van was detonated by another suicide bomber outside the Sari Club, a renowned open-air thatch-roof bar located opposite Paddy's Pub. [My colleague] Mick [Keelty] was already in Bali. But ultimately, it perhaps wasn't as good as it could have been. According to Greg Barton's account, Amrozi did not attempt to escape, but laughed instead, later exclaiming, "Gosh, you guys are very clever, how did you find me?" "It was going poisonous. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. Mr Fyfe, who was 33 at the time of the attack, said he had kept a newspaper cutting from October 15 that listed patients in hospital and had the word critical next to his name. I accepted it and owned it. Outside it was all fire. No-one would expect that hours later, about 11pm, abomb would explodeinside the popularPaddy's Irish Pub. Now, I'm not trying to overdramatize thingsthis shows terrorism, as I said, will never beat courage. 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. Then I'd gone and fallen into that crater in the front and that's when an off duty soldier, Anthony McKay, came to my aid. And likewise, when they were following the instructions on how to build the bomb in the van, how to put the explosives in, how to connect the initiation system and how to construct the back of the van, the way it was constructed was not ideal, I guess, is the best word I'm prepared to use. His remarkable resilience meant that he was determined to get the most out of life, despite his injuries. Bali bombings: The 28 British victims of the bombers VIEW COMMENTS 11 October 2012 T wenty-eight Britons were killed during the Bali bombings on October 12, 2002: :: Timothy Arnold, 43, a. I got on with it. She was trying to find me a vehicle to take me to the hospital. This is his story. At the time, I was in a daze. 12:04pm Oct 12, 2017. Indonesian authorities also believe more suspects remain at large. This image can be licensed for Personal, Editorial, or Commercial Use.Personal, Editorial, or Commercial Use. Engineer David Fyfe was inside Paddy's Bar when the first bomb went off. The Cross of Valour is the highest civilian honor and is equivalent to the Victoria Cross for Australia which is the highest military honor. One of the big reasons he needed to get well fast, he said, was because of his then four-year-old son, Liam. And I just did whatever I could. GP Dr Tony Pethick MBBS 89, walked from his hotel towards the aftermath and discovered people in dire need of urgent first aid treatment. DE HAART:At one stage as I got deeper into the club, I saw well, I didn't see but the roof had fallen down and there were three girls who had been trapped in a corner by a burning thatched roof. 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). The former Scot has been running Synergy, which has more than one million customers, in an acting capacity since Mr Waters stepped down in February. He spent 24 hours in a Bali's Sanglah Hospital before being flown to Darwin, where a doctor amputated his leg. So I had to walk away from those girls and leave them to die. Your key to local business, news, insights and data. ATKINSON: Sanglah Hospital was like a war zone. General Pastika ordered his men to make the arrest early the next morning, November. There were people bleeding everywhere, or people had their clothes blown off and they're trying to jump over walls to get out. Bali was a popular tourist destination when it was attacked in 2002. Weve got a newsletter for everyone. By looking at understanding how the circuitry was designed, or what trigger mechanism was used, or even what explosive mixture was [used, it] can give us a really strong intelligence as to the training and understanding of who might have actually trained them. 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. The rooms were full of patients, the staff [were] completely overworked, people had horrific injuries and burns, many of whom would probably die. How forensics solved the Bali Bombings. Amrozi's brother, Ali Imron, who had expressed remorse for his part in the bombing, was sentenced to life imprisonment on 18 September. That has not held him back; quite the contrary. "I'm still trying to determine whether I walked out into the second blast," Mr Fyfe said. He was singled out for praise with the award of the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on 13 June 2005.[14][15]. David Fyfe was in a bar when three terrorist bombs rocked the holiday resort in October 2002. A Gannett Company. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. All the other doctors had taken a break. [It] was packed with people and security at the front gates, just as normal. Despite losing a limb David refused to use a wheelchair, and is now learning to surf using a carbon fibre leg. Local chief prosecutor Muhammad Yamin said they would be "executed simultaneously" but at different locations.[40]. The Scot said: "My fiancee Simone urged me to give it a try. Serious but stable condition. I started getting healthier, fitter. These laws were used by the prosecution instead of existing criminal laws as they allowed the death penalty to be imposed and lowered certain evidentiary restrictions. Another participant in the bombing, Imam Samudra, was sentenced to death on 10 September. And they [applied tourniquets] I'd looked down at [my] leg and I looked at my foot. 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'. I dealt with it. A repeated tragedy in Bali in 2005 did not reduce the Kuta community's determination to carry out this annual event. And thank god, it was true, I felt healthier. He is believed to have assisted the Bali bomber Amrozi in acquiring some of the explosives used in the Bali bombings. When she set up the foundation, she named it after one of her old mentors. I did my rehab in Darwin, so eight and a half weeks in Darwin, being the last Australian to get out of that Darwin hospital. The previous year, they had been to Phuket. 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. Dr Pethick returned to the hospital 12 hours after the bomb exploded, together with Dr Martin Ibach MBBS '88, and another non-medical friend. It's a night those who survived will never forget, Jacinda Ardern has announced she will not be seeking re-election and her term as New Zealand's prime minister will end February 7, Keep up with the latest ASX and business news, For the latestflood and weather warnings, search onABC Emergency, Keep across all the live scores and results from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park. NATHAN GREEN, a crime scene investigator with the AFP who was first based in Australia and then deployed to Bali after his honeymoon: There [were] two simultaneous investigations. All the pictures too I burnt them all. MCEWAN: Over time, we had different police disciplines [in Bali]. On the fourth anniversary of the bombings Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall unveiled a memorial in London, at the rear of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Main Building, facing St. James's Park. 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. It is set in a black granite pond located in 'Peryman Place' not far from North Cronulla Beach, frequented by many of the seven victims and their families. [My friends] Lina and Gatot were no longer in the car. There was only two of us in the pub, which was kind of unheard of on a Saturday night. [When I got] to the army hospital I could hear the noise of a lot of people. It was very colourful and noisy and warm in Kuta. "I just kept setting myself small goals," he said. 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. The Pentagon has announced plans to move ahead with a military trial for three men held at Guantnamo Bay who are suspected of involvement in the 2002 Bali bombings.. After an unexplained delay . 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. We are lucky at The Herald. 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