We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories. He suffered second-degree burns to over 50% of his body while helping carry others to safety and nearly died during surgery after being transported back to Melbourne. You can make a complaint by using the report this post link . On the northern side of Coogee Beach a memorial to the Bali bombing victims comprises three interlocking bronze shapes that have an abstract resemblance to three bowed figures supporting each other. So you had your forensics, you had your investigators the list went on family liaison officers. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Now, I'm not trying to overdramatize thingsthis shows terrorism, as I said, will never beat courage. Amanda Hooton October 1, 2022 Your key to local business, news, insights and data. The speeches exhorted listeners to wage jihad. I accepted it and owned it. [33][34][35] On 25 October 2008, Communications and Information Minister asked the Indonesian media to stop calling the three "heroes". On 23 July 2004, one of the convicted bombers, Maskur Abdul Kadir, successfully appealed his conviction. David Fyfe Chief Executive Officer Greater Perth Area 3K followers 500+ connections Join to connect Synergy (Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation) University of Strathclyde About Chief. Mr Fyfe remembered his relief and joy at being released from RPH, despite Perths summer heat agitating his burns. "I remember sitting down and lying back and feeling my legs. The attack killed 202 people (including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 23 Britons, and people of more than 20 other nationalities). All these [units] came together. DECI: People were clapping because they thought there was a party in Paddy's. In 2006, Long Road to Heaven, an Indonesian feature film about the bombings, was released by Kalyana Shira Films. 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. Kusitino 'Kossy' Halemai, a Wallis and Futuna-born Australian citizen who was managing the Bounty Hotel in Kuta at the time of the attacks, sheltered survivors in the immediate aftermath of the blasts. She sat me there, gave me water. Opening Australia's eyes to burns injuries, Professor Wood, together with her team at Royal Perth Hospital, helped save 28 patients using her innovative technique known as "spray on skin". [19] For the Sari club bomb with the L300 van, the terrorists assembled 12 plastic filing cabinets filled with explosives. I couldn't see anything, so I could only feel with my hands. I couldn't see I could only see one dot of light in the distance. I've never smelled that before. I'm not a racist in any shape or form. 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. And that kind of galvanised me. 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. DE HAART: I started making my way down Poppies Laneand, as I got closer to the front, there were people running, getting away from the flames. I told the family I'd be in touch and I [left]. By then, his leg had been amputated just below the knee by burns surgeon Fiona Wood, who was named Australian of the Year in 2005 for her work in caring for the Bali bombing survivors. 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Online, current affairs program, This page was last edited on 10 January 2023, at 18:40. The Bali bombings killed 202 people and changed Australia. He is going with his wife Tony, and their daughters Yasmin, nine, and Amity, six who never met their uncle Clint. (All interviews have been condensed and edited for clarity.). 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. Lawyer Imam Asmara Hadi stated: "We have lodged an appeal because we haven't received a copy of the Supreme Court rejection of our previous appeal. 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.. The work is by sculptor Chris Bennetts and Ishi Buki Sandstone Sculpture. But Amrozi's mobile phone proved to be the real catch. 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. The cabinets, each containing a potassium chlorate, aluminum powder, sulfur mixture with a TNT booster, was connected by 150 metres (490ft) of PETN-filled detonating cord. Dr Pethick helped transfer them to the nearest clinic and then onto the local hospital. Its not enough to just heal the skin, we need to heal the whole body and mind. It happened. So we were rotating people through there to upskill, but also to minimise the impact on the workforce. A bronze plaque lists the names of the 88 Australians who died in the bombings. 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. One of the things thats enabled me to get through is that I accepted everything that happened very quickly, I didnt fight the, Why has it happened?, Mr Fyfe said. But I can tell you at 25 years old, sitting three or four feet away from one of the Bali bombers there's a couple of them, but there was one at the time hearing them talk quite normally about their role in the investigation or their points on our design of the bomb and how we thought it had functioned was one of the most surreal things I've ever experienced. [55], South of Sydney, in the town of Ulladulla, a large youth centre is being built as a memorial to Craig Dunn and Danny Lewis, two local victims of the bombings. There will always be small, independent cellssome of whom are not particularly well informed that continue to believe that they have a mission. We are only just beginning to discover the longer term effects of burns injury, and what we need to do to mitigate that, Professor Wood said. Being a survivorfor me is a life sentenceEvery time the families get together there's a hole where their sons were or their daughters were or their husbands and then in the last 20 years, there's been so much that'shappened So it's difficult to move on. David was on a trip with his football team when the devices exploded in the tourist district of Kuta, killing 202 people. [My friends] Lina and Gatot were no longer in the car. David Fyfe has over 20 years of experience across the energy and telecommunications industries. Two hundred and two people died in the Bali bombings. But ultimately, it perhaps wasn't as good as it could have been. 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. Our community is particularly vulnerable to burns injury due to our landscape and the types of industry we operate," Professor Wood said. Australian University. There was only two of us in the pub, which was kind of unheard of on a Saturday night. [1] In addition, Hambali confessed that al-Qaeda had sent him US$30,000 to fund the bombings of the two nightclubs.[2]. There were people the person in a van and a person [who] carried the device in Paddys Bar wearing the item. Additional photography courtesy of Reuters, AP and Facebook. ERIK DE HAART, Australia survivor and member of the Coogee Dolphinsrugby league club: I was sharing a room with Shane Foley and Gerard Yeo and we got [to the hotel] about 4pm. And then as I got closer, the sights got worse. The two bombsgutted nearbybuildings, engulfing the street in flamesand leaving a 1-metre-deep crater in front of the Sari Club. When he was in RPH, he made a decision not to expend energy on anything other than getting well. Although a private person, Professor Wood continues to make herself available for presentations and media opportunities, knowing that awareness is fundamental to attracting support for the work that she feels is still unfinished. This is his story. 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. We are doing this to improve the experience forour loyalreaders and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. Another operative, Wan Min bin Wan Mat, revealed to police that he had given Mukhlas money, at Hambali's request and that he understood part of the money had come directly from al-Qaeda. The then 33-year-old refused to use a wheelchair. He said the support around him, including from fiancee Joanne Rowan, had been incredible. I remember thinking, It is what it is and my whole attitude was getting back to normality as quickly as I could. He came close to losing both legs. Many have praised the acts of heroism displayed by strangers on the night of October 12. Transaction records, directors wealth, remuneration data and network activity. Locals and tourists,particularly Australian sporting teams celebratingtheirend-of-season break,had flocked to Kuta Beach that dayto enjoy thewarm weather, idyllic beaches and vibrant party scene. In Lincoln Square on the western side of Swanston Street in Carlton, Melbourne, is a memorial representing the 88 Australians who died in the bombings, and notably the 22 from Victoria. The film was directed by Enison Sinaro and written by Wong Wai Leng and Andy Logam-Tan. Once they pulled me out of the wheel chair I don't remember anything else. The Balinese mark their commitment in a nine-day-long event. Engineer David Fyfe was inside Paddy's Bar when the first bomb went off. At 11:05 pm a suicide bomb exploded in Paddy's Bar, a locale frequented by foreigners, especially Australian youth. [20] The first lotjust had their clothes on. Its 20 years on, but I can still remember a really loud popping noise, he said. Ben Davis, early 20s (from Hobart) in Melbourne's St Vincents Hospital with burns to hands in a stable condition. ALAN ATKINSON, former ABC journalist and one of the first reporters on the scene: It was Saturday evening. Join us and Seek Wisdom. After it was announced, Polri monitored the sudden flurry of communications among numbers listed in Amrozi's telephone before the calls abruptly ceased. Christine Anu sang The Lighthouse by toxtwo at the opening ceremony. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. 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. To see the data you will need to Subscribe. I grabbed notebooks and pens and phone and water. I had this massive hard thump in my chest and I was just knocked out instantly. The rooms were full of patients, the staff [were] completely overworked, people had horrific injuries and burns, many of whom would probably die. I was informed that might have been six or seven [minutes] after the blast. In April 2003, Indonesian authorities charged Abu Bakar Bashir (also rendered "Ba'asyir"), the alleged spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, with treason. On 12 October 2005, a story in Australian broadcaster SBS's documentary series Dateline, called "Inside Indonesia's War on Terrorism", argued that the Indonesian military or police may have been involved in executing the attack. 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. GREEN: This was an unprecedented event in any Australian law enforcement. 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. It was funny because I always say thatyour positive attitude attracts positive results and it worked for me. This sculpture of pink sandstone is the centrepiece of the memorial. Share on Facebook. That hand took me out and put me down. 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. Money is being raised through the Dunn & Lewis Youth Development Foundation.[56][57][58]. 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. Philippine intelligence considers Munandar to be associated with Mohammad Abdullah Sughayer, a Saudi national Abu Sayyaf Group in southern Philippines. GLEN MCEWAN, AFP senior liaison officer deployed in Indonesia in 2002:I flew into Bali [that]afternoon due to a people-smuggling matter that I had to attend to as part of my duties. 'Help, help.' 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. After he disappeared in Africa and Europe for three years, the Governor General's department finally tracked him down and awarded Parkinson the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2005.[18]. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Ladies that organised the hospital because you know, a lot of the Indonesians couldn't speak English or couldn't speak any other languages I guess I'd probably love nothing better than to see some of these people recognised for the magnificent jobs that they did that night [and] the next day. [50] McCartney helped his team to a narrow win before announcing his retirement at the end of the game,[49] and his comeback has been cited as one of the AFL's most inspirational stories.[51][52][53][54]. They saved my life, words are never enough, he said. It was reportedly packed with human excrement. David, from Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, was in a coma for almost two weeks as doctors battled to save him. It was his last memory before waking up in Royal Perth Hospital 12 days later. I can only imagine I was thrown quite a few metresbecause when I woke up, I didn't think I was in the same place when that bomb went off. [First] the 1998 fatwa from Al-Qaeda, which itself might have inspired the 9/11 attacks, but which called on all Muslims to attack the Christian Zionist alliance, wherever and however they could. It was horrible. An audio-cassette purportedly carrying a recorded voice message from Osama bin Laden stated that the Bali bombings were in direct retaliation for support of the United States' War on Terror and Australia's role in the liberation of East Timor. This is the first time I [have done] an interview. The other boys got held up doing different stuff, including arguing with a money changer for short-changing them which potentially ended up saving their lives. 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. Access to our data for David Fyfe is only available to paid subscribers with Data & Insights access. At the beginning of each scene, subtitles tell the date and location of the scene. There were people bleeding everywhere, or people had their clothes blown off and they're trying to jump over walls to get out. Tourists and locals alike, more than ninety thousand people participates in the numerous events, year after year. Idris picked up Imron on the Yamaha and the duo headed back into Denpasar. heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment. Mr Fyfe has no memory of any of it. [It] was packed with people and security at the front gates, just as normal. And they were screaming out for help. [3] A further 209 people were injured. To know that 202 people died in a single location was definitely sobering. It was a typical Saturday nightin Bali and the Kuta Beach tourist strip was heaving with people. 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. It was towards Jalan Legian but the inferno was that broad we thought it could have been our hotel [near Kuta Beach]. Get the news you want delivered to your inbox. Balinese boys were hanging off the tree branches to one side, watching. DE HAART: People wandering around, people in a state of shock. It has different religious traditions, a whole range of different traditions [and]the people are different. I kept calling out for help. On 9 March 2010, Dulmatin, nicknamed "the Genius"believed to be responsible for setting off one of the Bali bombs with a mobile phonewas killed in a shoot-out with Indonesian police in Pamulang, South Tangerang.[6]. [3] A further 209 people were injured. The pair had been in the Sari Club, which was wrecked by the bigger secondary blast, just two drinks earlier. THIOLINA: Suddenly, I felt there was a really big hand taking me out of the car I'm not sure where I was taken out from, whether from the car's door or the window. He was initially not charged over the Bali attack, although he was frequently accused of being the instigator or inspirer of the attack. He is believed to have assisted the Bali bomber Amrozi in acquiring some of the explosives used in the Bali bombings. Indonesian National Police had full jurisdiction over this matter. 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. But I still remember what struck me is they were just so normal. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. I turned around the corner. Companies, embassies, Non-Government Organizations, associations and even individuals come forth to get involved in the various events such as a Balinese dance competition presented by a surf-wear company, an environment exhibition presented by an embassy, a fun cycle presented by a group of individuals, a seminar presented by an association and a parade on the streets presented by an NGO. It was never in my DNA to give up, anyway. In this oral history, we hear from Australian and Balinese survivors,former and current Australian Federal Police officers, a journalist and a terrorism expert. A few seconds later, a massive explosion happened. The car bomb explosion left a one metre deep crater.[8]. After praying with the crowd, she spent half an hour in the house of the executed man and spoke with his mother. Synergy chief executive David Fyfe survived the Bali bombings 20 years ago and says the incident has since impacted his role as a leader. I wasn't looking at who they were, I just saw human beings that needed help. 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. So it enables the translation of the global jihad to a local context. The next thing I remember is waking up in RPH about 12 days later, strapped to a bed in a crucifix position.. A survivor of the Bali bombings 20 years ago has been tapped as the new boss of State-owned electricity retailer Synergy. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. 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. The Scot said: "My fiancee Simone urged me to give it a try. Currently Executive Manager Asset Operations with Western Australian utility Western Power, Mr Fyfe . We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself. A steady line of cars passed by, offeringpassengers a glimpse into Bali's party scene from the safety of their tinted windows. It stars Raelee Hill, Mirrah Foulkes, Alex Komang, Surya Saputra, John O' Hare, Sarah Treleaven, and Joshua Pandelaki. Creecy was one of the hundreds injured in Saturday's blast that left at least 187 people dead. The blasts at two bars packed with tourists on the holiday island killed 202 people from 21 nations in Indonesia's deadliest militant attack. CSABI: I remember being put in the back of a ute and I'd been on a sheet of iron. The environment was one of extremely limited equipment and resources but enormous human spirit. contact the editor here. 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. I don't know why you would expect them to look different from a normal human. journalism. This is his story. An off duty Australian serviceman assisted in identifying where all Australian and foreign casualties were located in the sprawling hospital wards. Get the news you want delivered to your inbox. The legal status of Kadir, Idris and others who might have their convictions quashed following the ruling on the retrospective law is unclear. We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments. It was more than anything else, the desire to show Westerners that no-one was safe anywhere. Warning: This article contains graphic accounts of the Balibombings and the immediate aftermath of the scene in Kuta Beach, including descriptions of injured people and the dead. Locals and foreigners including many Australians waded through the main street of Jalan Legian, leaving crowded restaurants and pouring into bustling bars. She . I thought it was good to keep them as documents of the history of my life. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. [26], On 13 June 2007, it was reported that Abu Dujana, who might have headed a terrorist cell in Bali, was captured.[27]. And that was the reason that, for the first time, you had JI become involved in violence on Indonesian soil in a way that hadn't happened from the birth of JI until the eruption of violence in Ambon in 1999. The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. Mr Fyfes right leg was amputated in the aftermath of the bombings in October 2002 that killed more than 200 people, including 88 Australians. He is also now a long-serving board member for the Fiona Wood Foundation, giving it some crucial understanding from a former patient. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. A Seconds from Disaster episode, "Bali Bombings", was a documentary telling the story of what happened, and looking at what happened after the incident. On 8 August, he was found guilty and sentenced to death. DECI: There was a woman helping me, telling me to come and that she'll call an ambulance. Mr Fyfe is a non-executive director of the Fiona Wood Foundation, a 2002 Bali bombing survivor, and regularly speaks at events in Western Australia. Or that a third bomb would detonate about 45 seconds later nearthe US consulate. Mr Fyfe said Telstras unwavering support for him and his family had been crucial in the early stages of his recovery, particularly in affording him financial security by committing to his employment. Then this lady took my details, I just said 'I'm right, you can help someone else'. CSABI: In Darwin, with the support of my family, also friends, rotarians, businesspeople, I was also challengedto show some courage and have a go. This will be the first year that his oldest brother, Trent, 41, has been to Bali since the bombing. In 2005, Indonesian police arrested 24 additional people suspected of involvement in the Bali attacks and a 2003 bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta. My head's telling me I'm doing the right thing, but my heart is giving it to me saying 'oh, you're a coward'I'm still struggling to live with that decision20 years [on]. 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. I tried to open the car door on the left side, but I couldn't do it I kept trying. Ali Ghufron, alias Mukhlas, told police that he was the head of one of Jemaah Islamiyah's four cells and had ordered the Bali bombings. Angela Golotta, 19 (from Tea Tree Gully, was on holidays with her parents). Eddie McGuire on Nine Network's television call of McCartney's return after the bombings (North Melbourne vs. Richmond, Round 11, 2003)[49]. 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. The total weight of the van bomb was 2,250 pounds (1,020kg). Following this decision, charges related to the bombings against Idris, who had confessed to participating in the attacks to the police and court, were dismissed. Ninety-four RDX electric detonators were fitted to the TNT. Synergy ceo David Fyfe, who was a Bali bombing survivor from 2002. "I refused to use a wheelchair," he said. He is in American custody in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. (A new bar, named "Paddy's: Reloaded", was reopened further along Legian Street). We're talking not a short amount of time after the blast. [5] However, former FBI agent Ali Soufan confirmed in his book, The Black Banners, that al-Qaeda did in fact finance the attack. [28] The U.S. government had offered a US$1million reward for his arrest. Abu Bakar Bashir, the doyen of JI, is free, jailed then cleared of any involvement in the Bali atrocity. In 2011, Mr Fyfe graduated with a UWA Graduate Certificate in Business and is now the CEO of Synergy. a 2002 Bali bombing survivor and regularly speaks at events in WA. So emergency service and vehicles couldn't enter that area. [36], The Denpasar District Court, on 3 November, accepted a reprieve motion to reconsider the death sentences. In the past, the journalists job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. We had a quick swim, got ready, went to a place for dinner and then made our way to the Sari Club. 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 former Scot has been running Synergy, which has more than one million customers, in an acting capacity since Mr Waters stepped down in February. That man took me to a hospital in Kuta. In line with the return of tourism to Kuta, Kuta Karnival has grown into a tourism promotional event with major coverage from television and newspapers from across the globe. David Fyfe was featured in 2022 in the Energy section. I couldn't really see, my body was covered in blood. Listen. James Parkinson, an emergency nurse, worked alongside Doctor Hogg from Wollongong in the Denpasar Sanglah Hospital running the trauma centre for the bombing victims. 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. People don't get closure. The two suicide bombers exploded their devices. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com. 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