But keeping his path clear of any victims mentality has been the key to surging positively into his new lifes chapter. THIOLINA:I had kept the piece of broken glass the doctor took out from my eye. So I [was] attached to what was called the reconciliation team [which]looks at data and tries to identify the dead and that includes DNA and fingerprints and the traditional sort of forensic methodologies as well. He came close to losing both legs. 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. Get notifications in MyBN when activity occurs. He told police. He is passionate about the research that the Foundation undertakes. I raced outside as did everyone who was in the club to see what was going on. And I'm able to really enjoy my life and I'm making every minute count. Just past midnight on 9 November 2008, the three convicted of carrying out the bombings (Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim, and Ali Ghufron) were executed by a firing squad. In 2011, Mr Fyfe graduated with a UWA Graduate Certificate in Business and is now the CEO of Synergy. A permanent memorial was built on the site of the destroyed Paddy's Pub on Legian Street. Ben Davis, early 20s (from Hobart) in Melbourne's St Vincents Hospital with burns to hands in a stable condition. After praying with the crowd, she spent half an hour in the house of the executed man and spoke with his mother. 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. The memorial was dedicated on 12 October 2004, the second anniversary of the attack. Amrozi, Idris and Ali Imron had simply walked into a dealership and purchased a new Yamaha motorbike, after asking how much they could re-sell it for if they returned it in a few days. To see the data you will need to Subscribe. Every year since 2002, the Rugby Section of the Singapore Cricket Club (the "SCC") has held a dawn memorial service on the Padang (the SCC's rugby field in central Singapore) on the anniversary of the bombings, to honour the memory of the eight players which the SCC lost (Neil Bowler, Chris Redman, Dave Kent, Peter Record, Tim Arnold, Chris Bradford, Chris Kays and Charlie Vanrenen). Weve got a newsletter for everyone. Mr Fyfe regarded himself and his friends as extraordinarily lucky, but retained powerful memories of the night that hospitalised him for two months. I had surgery that night. I thought 'there's no way in the world I can get across this once, let alone go over and cross three times and carry a girl back each time'. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself. Broadcast Tue 3 Jul 2018 at 12:40pm. I had this massive hard thump in my chest and I was just knocked out instantly. There were people bleeding everywhere, or people had their clothes blown off and they're trying to jump over walls to get out. Quite a few people had got out. Some were later flown to Australia for surgery or for help with specialist burn treatment. I tried to keep calm and made my way to escape the fire. I started writing furiously. David Ure was on his first trip overseas when he became one of the hundreds of tourists caught up in the 2002 Bali bombings. GREEN: On my first rotation over there, I was assisting on the criminal side of the investigation. 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. 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 . * Another person died Monday morning in Royal Darwin Hospital after being flown in from Bali. 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. We need to be prepared for smaller scale accidents as well as the next disaster. One was detonated by a suicide bomber inside Paddy's Bar and seconds later, another bomb was set off in a car outside the Sari Club. When Matthew died suddenly, there were only old photos to remember him. 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. Senior Constable Timothy Britten and Mr Richard Joyes of Western Australia were both awarded the Cross of Valour for their actions during the course of the day. David was on a trip with his football team when the devices exploded in the tourist district of Kuta, killing 202 people. Catch up with The Loop, Is there a safe limit of alcohol you can drink? In 2011, Mr Fyfe graduated with a UWA Graduate Certificate in Business and is now the CEO of Synergy. [44][45] Indonesian singer and TV presenter Dorce Gamalama attended the funeral of Imam Samudra. "I felt a massive rush of hot air just past my head when I was on the ground. The large, high-temperature blast damage produced by this mixture was similar to a thermobaric explosive,[21] although the bombers may not have known this. "I just kept setting myself small goals," he said. Mr Mason told Mr Fyfe he'd had an emergency life-saving procedure, when a doctor cut him to the bone on the runway in Bali, just before he'd been loaded on to the plane. A Gannett Company. 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. My left arm was stuck in the car's door. HAMMING: All [the] information that comes through from investigations, and witnesses and so on, becomes critical to start refining the hypothesis and ultimately it became clear that they were, in fact, suicide bombs. 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. She . Or that a third bomb would detonate about 45 seconds later nearthe US consulate. Mr Fyfe has nothing but praise for those who helped him; the doctors, nurses, and the prosthetic expert who fitted him with a new leg. 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. But the Attorney General's office said on 1 November the execution was "very close. A fourth accused, Ali Ghufron, the brother-in-law of Noordin Mohammed Top was sentenced to death on 1 October. The first lotjust had their clothes on. 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 repeated tragedy in Bali in 2005 did not reduce the Kuta community's determination to carry out this annual event. Out of that 100-plus police force that arrived from Australia, it was every spectrum of policing discipline. Once we entered [the] street, the traffic was really jammed from the start, so the car was moving very slowly. Idris picked up Imron on the Yamaha and the duo headed back into Denpasar. It was October 12, 2002, and the night was just getting started. She was trying to find me a vehicle to take me to the hospital. General Pastika ordered his men to make the arrest early the next morning, November. Or that mere moments later, a second, bigger bomb would go off in a van across the road,outside the Sari Club. He was sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment. 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. Imron and Idris dropped the motorbike at a place where it eventually attracted the attention of the caretaker. 'Help, help.' 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. An official with SANFL club Sturt), Tim Hawkins, 29 (from Hobart, a former Australian rower and brother of Olympic gold medallist Stephen Hawkins). Aussies to mark bomb anniversary in Bali, Australian Times, 12 October 2010. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, " 'Bin Laden' voices new threat to Australia, "Bali bomber mastermind Dulmatin killed in shoot-out", "Collective memory and crisis: The 2002 Bali bombing, national heroic archetypes and the counter-narrative of cosmopolitan nationalism", Aspects of forensic responses to the Bali bombings, "Bali bombings: Full list of victims' names", Bali bombings: Full list of victims' names | SBS News. Data & Insights is Western Australia's most accurate and comprehensive business listings and searchable database. 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. The way that the device was put to the suspects, the way that we thought the device had been constructed, was almost perfect. Transaction records, directors wealth, remuneration data and network activity. 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. 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'. She has no interest in being famous. 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. 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. [19] For the Sari club bomb with the L300 van, the terrorists assembled 12 plastic filing cabinets filled with explosives. Mr Fyfe staggered outside. Her body has been returned to SA. Jodie Cearns' flat mate), Julian Burton, 29 (from Sturt Football club) in Royal Adelaide Hospital, burns. And Gary Nash continues to thank the lady who saved him. The doctors suspected I would be off work for 12 months. I kept calling out for help. Many have praised the acts of heroism displayed by strangers on the night of October 12. DE HAART: People wandering around, people in a state of shock. 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. Bali bombing survivor Dave Fyfe while in a coma at Royal Perth Hospital. David Fyfe was in a bar when three terrorist bombs rocked the holiday resort in October 2002. [My colleague] Mick [Keelty] was already in Bali. 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]. On 8 August, he was found guilty and sentenced to death. We went to investigate [the hotel first]and then worked our way towards what ended up being 'Ground Zero'. CSABI: [I was] put on a sheet of corrugated iron and four [people] carried me down Poppies[Lane]. He is believed to have assisted the Bali bomber Amrozi in acquiring some of the explosives used in the Bali bombings. The Constitutional Court is a relatively new body, created after the fall of Suharto, and this decision was one of the first to overrule the constitutionality of the government's application of a law. Get the news you want delivered to your inbox. So it enables the translation of the global jihad to a local context. It was [an] obviously shocking series of events unfolding. 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. "This is how I dealt with mine. 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. The only time his emotions bubbled to the surface was when he spoke of the medical care he had received. He shies away from giving advice to others facing hardship. Creecy was one of the hundreds injured in Saturday's blast that left at least 187 people dead. There was only two of us in the pub, which was kind of unheard of on a Saturday night. He awoke from an induced coma in Royal Perth Hospital 13 days later. Get the news you want delivered to your inbox. The Australian, US, and many other foreign governments expressed satisfaction with the speed and efficiency with which the Indonesian police and courts dealt with the bombings primary suspects, despite what they characterized as light sentences. MCEWAN: Initially, you had people trying to identify loved ones. Serious but stable condition. ", West Australian Newspapers Limited 2023. [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. Husband and wife Richard[16] and Gilana Poore,[17] who organized a makeshift triage area in the Bounty Hotel's reception area, were both honored with an OAM. This image can be licensed for Personal, Editorial, or Commercial Use.Personal, Editorial, or Commercial Use. Munandar is still at large. Two [other AFP] officers had arrived [that day] and Mick and I met with them in the early evening. Two plaques are set into the granite surrounding the pond. I was covered in blood. 12:04pm Oct 12, 2017. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Amrozi's mobile phone, a particularly important piece of evidence, was seized during his arrest. 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. 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]. THIOLINA: Suddenly, I met somebody who led me to his car, I don't know who this person is [but] he told me to get in the car He asked who my name was in English. (A new bar, named "Paddy's: Reloaded", was reopened further along Legian Street). It was dark. 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