"[42] Despite his carefree demeanor throughout his trial and incarceration, the Australian edition of The Daily Telegraph reported Amrozi was pale-faced and shaking in the moments before his execution. And Gary Nash continues to thank the lady who saved him. And then as I got closer, the sights got worse. 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. It has taught him lessons he has applied in a successful business career, culminating in his recent appointment as chief executive of Synergy. Eddie McGuire on Nine Network's television call of McCartney's return after the bombings (North Melbourne vs. Richmond, Round 11, 2003)[49]. The legal status of Kadir, Idris and others who might have their convictions quashed following the ruling on the retrospective law is unclear. 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. But keeping his path clear of any victims mentality has been the key to surging positively into his new lifes chapter. There were people the person in a van and a person [who] carried the device in Paddys Bar wearing the item. (Reuters: David Gray PB)ALAN ATKINSON, former ABC journalist and one of the first reporters on the scene: It was Saturday . Quite a few people had got out. Bali bombings hero Fiona Wood: the next frontier in burns treatment Her spray-on skin made her a household name after the Bali bombings. I was informed that might have been six or seven [minutes] after the blast. And what's incredible is [I no longer fear]traffic jams. Get the news you want delivered to your inbox. I thought a gas canister or something had exploded. The monument is well-maintained and illuminated at night. It's quite a challenging thing to do. I tried to keep calm and made my way to escape the fire. And that kind of galvanised me. [41] In the final moment, there was no remorse or repentance, and they shouted: Allahu Akbar, or "God is great! David Fyfe has over 20 years of experience across the energy and telecommunications industries. Then I was on a stretcher on a tarmac there in Denpasar, and we're on a Hercules jet bound for Darwin. On arrival, the army medical team, which included intensivists and a surgeon, furthered the triage process, performed emergency escharotomies and administered much needed analgesia. Get the inside scoop on every news story and connect with WAs biggest leaders. 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. MCEWAN: [From the restaurant] we saw an inferno in the distance. It was dark. General Pastika ordered his men to make the arrest early the next morning, November. Idris dialed the number of the Nokia to detonate the bomb at the Consulate. One Melburnian survivor of the bombings was North Melbourne AFL player Jason McCartney. 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. I wasn't involved in that part of it, but I know a lot of my colleagues that I've spoken to during the investigation and since were travelling to all different parts of Indonesia at the time to suspected bomb-making or actual bomb-making factories. Broadcast Tue 3 Jul 2018 at 12:40pm. This will be the first year that his oldest brother, Trent, 41, has been to Bali since the bombing. pleased to announce the appointment of Mr David Fyfe as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Philippine intelligence considers Munandar to be associated with Mohammad Abdullah Sughayer, a Saudi national Abu Sayyaf Group in southern Philippines. There will always be small, independent cellssome of whom are not particularly well informed that continue to believe that they have a mission. The Scot said: "My fiancee Simone urged me to give it a try. Or that a third bomb would detonate about 45 seconds later nearthe US consulate. The then 33-year-old refused to use a wheelchair. CSABI: I've gone unconscious a couple of times and I'm crawling and I remember girls next to me, they were just like flame trees, they're on fire. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. It was a typical Saturday nightin Bali and the Kuta Beach tourist strip was heaving with people. Mr Fyfe staggered outside. She . After major cleansing ceremonies, establishing a memorial for the lost lives, and paying respect to those who left loved ones behind, the people of Kuta look forward to restoring Bali's image through an event named "Kuta Karnival A Celebration of Life". The door on the driver's seat was open, so I got out from there. In the interim, they treated the wounded, managed fluid resuscitation and Vij performed countless escharotomies, an emergency surgical procedure to release the constrictive effects of severely burnt skin. 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. 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. I just thought that that was going to be the end for me. So I had to walk away from those girls and leave them to die. It was months after the October 2002 terror attacks, when he was finally discharged from hospital and returned to his Perth home, that the Scottish migrant sat on his couch and did something he had never done before and would never do again. You can make a complaint by using the report this post link . The investigators were able to identify the location of a number of the telephones, leading to a series of arrests. 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]. I just started recognising the severity of it. I started writing furiously. 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]. contact the editor here. Amrozi's brother, Ali Imron, who had expressed remorse for his part in the bombing, was sentenced to life imprisonment on 18 September. I remember all I could do was hold my arm blood kept gushing out. [3] A further 209 people were injured. 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. Amanda Hooton October 1, 2022 They didn't look evil, they didn't have shark-like eyes. 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. 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. Amrozi's mobile phone, a particularly important piece of evidence, was seized during his arrest. And then I'd been informed we were being taken toSanglah Hospital. Christine Anu sang The Lighthouse by toxtwo at the opening ceremony. The bombings were an act of terrorism carried out by operatives from Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a South-East Asian group inspired by and linked to Al Qaeda. On 24 October 2008, Bali officials announced that three men convicted of carrying out the bombings would be executed by firing squad in November 2008. Mr Fyfe said he needed to understand what had happened to him. Blatantly lied to: Clarkes ex responds to cheating drama, McGowan to spruik WAs green hydrogen during Asian junket, Gore criticises oil influence at COP talks, Ride out economic turbulence without making emergency exit, Trade, investment key to peaceful Pacific. DE HAART: We were just getting ready to create havoc, when havoc was created for us. The most powerful knowledgebase mapped from 20 years of research and insight into every WA GREEN:I was simply going along to video and audio record the interview itself. I could feel the car lift up off the ground. He circled the word to give him perspective during stressful times in his life since. I tried to open the car door on the left side, but I couldn't do it I kept trying. He awoke from an induced coma in Royal Perth Hospital 13 days later. 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. A Gannett Company. About 103 Australians remain unaccounted for including: Debbie Borgia, 45 and daughter Abbey, 13 (from Tempe), Steve Buchan, 47 and his wife Geraldine, 46 (from Chifley), Paul Cronin, 31 (from the Forbes Platypii rugby union club), Billy Hardy, 20 (from Tweed Heads, member of Southport Sharks football team and brother of Big Brother housemate Jessica), Dimmy Kotronakis, 27 and sister Elizabeth, 33 (from Blacktown), Lynette McKeon, 46 and her daughter Marissa, 14 (from Kincumber), Brad Ridley, 32 (from the Forbes Platypii), Greg Sanderson, 24 (from the Forbes Platypii), Charles Van Renen, 26 (Sydney, lived in Hong Kong), Shane Walsh-Till, 32 (from Leeton in the Riverina), Six officials and family involved in the South Sydney Juniors Rugby League Club, Stacey Lee, 30, her husband Justin Lee, 31 and Aaron Lee, 33 (all from Geelong), Matthew Bolwerk, 27 (from Secret Harbour, south of Perth), Jenny and Jane Corteen, 39 (twins from Perth), Dean Gallagher, 19 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club), Byron Hancock, 22 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club), Nicole Harrison, 29 (from Mandurah, south of Perth), Gary Nash (from Perth) in Royal Brisbane Hospital, David Ross, 20 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club), Anthony Stewart, 29 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club), Jason Stokes, 31 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club), Jonathon Wade, 21 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club). This image can be licensed for Personal, Editorial, or Commercial Use.Personal, Editorial, or Commercial Use. Mr Fyfe regarded himself and his friends as extraordinarily lucky, but retained powerful memories of the night that hospitalised him for two months. You can imagine whatever hell is like, it must be something like that. The names of all 202 victims are on a curved stone wall behind the globe. I remember waking up 12 days after Bali no idea what had happened, Mr Fyfe said. You see photos of people walking out, staggering outcarrying people. The attack involved the detonation of three bombs: a backpack-mounted device carried by a suicide bomber; a large car bomb, both of which were detonated in or near popular nightclubs in Kuta; and a third much smaller device detonated outside the United States consulate in Denpasar, causing only minor damage. It was Fiona Wood who did it. CSABI: I remember being put in the back of a ute and I'd been on a sheet of iron. All the other doctors had taken a break. Together, they weave together the story of the Bali bombings,the single-largest loss of Australian life in an act of terror. Two bombs ripped through the Kuta area of the Indonesian tourist island of Bali on 12 October 2002, leaving 202 people dead. Angela Golotta, 19 (from Tea Tree Gully, was on holidays with her parents). And that was it. We're talking not a short amount of time after the blast. But trying to explain [the inability to positively identify someone] to a victim's family, who are just caught up in the whole emotion, which you can fully understand, it was quite a task. Then this lady took my details, I just said 'I'm right, you can help someone else'. [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. 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. Now the expat has recalled the moment he was blown up in a documentary for Australian television. I saw two girls beside the road and said: 'Please look after this girl, I don't know who she is, but she obviously needs help'. Once I was inside I had to wait still because it was still crowded. He is also now a long-serving board member for the Fiona Wood Foundation, giving it some crucial understanding from a former patient. He said the support around him, including from fiancee Joanne Rowan, had been incredible. The University of Western Australia acknowledges that its campus is situated on Noongar land, and that Noongar people remain the spiritual and cultural custodians of their land, and continue to practise their values, languages, beliefs and knowledge. "I call it my moment of acceptance," Mr Fyfe said yesterday. He is a survivor of the 2002 Bali bombings which claimed the lives of over 200 people including 88 Australians. I looked at them and I think 'well, I've got to walk across this roof, about 20 feet of thatched roof, in flames'. 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 had been tried under retroactive laws which were introduced after the bombing and which were employed to aid the prosecution of those involved in the attack. Shes an exceptional leader: so calm, so caring, but able to make tough decisions. He also required five litres of blood to replace what he had lost and to keep him alive. The two suicide bombers exploded their devices. Join the Business News community for the latest news headlines, straight to your inbox, twice daily. 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. And I'm able to really enjoy my life and I'm making every minute count. I gave him my mum's number. I dealt with it. It was very colourful and noisy and warm in Kuta. Synergy chief executive David Fyfe survived the Bali bombings 20 years ago and says the incident has since impacted his role as a leader. "This is how I dealt with mine. 'It's just gouging': Are property investors the solution to Australia's rental crisis? 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. This is his story. He said he would appeal. To see the data you will need to Subscribe. Both my ear drums were perforated and I was blown off my feet. 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