And thank god, it was true, I felt healthier. As far as I know, Hambali did not have a source of funds except from Afghanistan. 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. 'Help, help.' This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Under questioning Amrozi revealed the names of six others involved in the bombing: Ali Imron, Imam Samudra, Dul Matin, Idris, Abdul Ghani and Umar Patek. Personally, I was angry that these people that we were talking to were the alleged perpetrators of this terrible, terrible crime. She was trying to find me a vehicle to take me to the hospital. Please try again later. * An injured person aboard an RAAF Hercules evacuation flight died en route to Darwin on Sunday night. We are lucky at The Herald. "For me it was an easy way out. GREEN:I was simply going along to video and audio record the interview itself. [4] First aid and burn innovations that saved lives during the Bali bombings. My left arm was stuck in the car's door. But my instincts fight or flight kicked in and I just started crawling and then I crawled to the front of the club. On October 12, 2002, terrorists struck in Bali. We plan on paying our respects on the day and then well have a good time, he said. Mr Fyfe is committed to furthering research to ensure a better quality of life for burns patients. I never saw her again. There is talk about a fifth COVID vaccine, but how many should I already have and who is eligible? But what a moment this is, for not only Australia, not only for AFL football, but for the free world as well. He still has some metal shrapnel in his old wounds and has undergone many skin grafts and follow-up surgeries. I don't know why you would expect them to look different from a normal human. 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. I looked to the left where the Sari Club was, and it was just absolute chaos. "I just had one day at home, when I was sitting on my couch. On 30 April 2003, the first charges related to the Bali bombings were made against Amrozi bin Haji Nurhasyim, known as Amrozi, for allegedly buying the explosives and the van used in the bombings. The story is not chronologically linear, starting with the explosion and then moving from time to time so as all three plots are culminated one after the other. The plaques carry the victims' photos, names, and ages; and also details of the event, the design's symbolism, its dedication, and a poem written by the families of the victims. "I got blown off my feet," he said. A remembrance garden was constructed at the International School Ho Chi Minh City commemorating teachers from that school who were killed in the bombings. There was nobody else there, and it was at that moment I thought 'right, deal with it'.". Umar Patek was finally arrested in Abbottabad, Pakistan in early 2011. If you need support, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14. Two plaques are set into the granite surrounding the pond. 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. Balinese boys were hanging off the tree branches to one side, watching. GREEN: It was fairly well-established pretty soon after the detonation itself, who the suspects were. Two decades on, Fiona Wood is still exploring revolutionary burns treatments - including the role of the mind in recovery. David Fyfe has over 20 years of experience across the energy and telecommunications industries. Synergy ceo David Fyfe, who was a Bali bombing survivor from 2002. Expect more that will further distress you. There will always be small, independent cellssome of whom are not particularly well informed that continue to believe that they have a mission. The first bomber headed to Paddy's Pub. I told the family I'd be in touch and I [left]. A SCOT who lost a leg in the Bali bombings has spoken for the first time about his survival. [9], A report released in August 2005 by the United States-Indonesia Society (USINDO) described the events as follows:[10]. Indonesian authorities also believe more suspects remain at large. He shies away from giving advice to others facing hardship. 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. 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. 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]. 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'. As noted below, all three were executed on 9 November 2008. Facebook gives people the power to share. ATKINSON: I was woken in the early hours by a night-owl relative in Sydney, who rang and he said there'd been some kind of explosion [in Bali] and were we all right? 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. Mr Fyfes right leg was amputated in the aftermath of the bombings in October 2002 that killed more than 200 people, including 88 Australians. But keeping his path clear of any victims mentality has been the key to surging positively into his new lifes chapter. Professor Wood hopes this legacy will ensure that burns research continues in Western Australia long after she retires. The media footage was dramatic and horrible. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. 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. "I refused to use a wheelchair," he said. And, on the right-hand side, Paddy's Bar was in flames. He has held executive roles in operations, commercial sales, asset management, and business development. a 2002 Bali bombing survivor and regularly speaks at events in WA. Get the news you want delivered to your inbox. "I got up on my first lesson, on the very last wave," he said. So we [went to] a restaurant bar about 400 metres [away], just at the top end of Jalan Legian. 'It's just gouging': Are property investors the solution to Australia's rental crisis? I grew up in a Catholic family and I crossed myself. We need to be prepared for smaller scale accidents as well as the next disaster. A steady line of cars passed by, offeringpassengers a glimpse into Bali's party scene from the safety of their tinted windows. Amanda Hooton October 1, 2022 On 8 August, he was found guilty and sentenced to death. We're talking not a short amount of time after the blast. And I turned around and followed him back into the Sari Club. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. 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. DE HAART: I guess I was in a state of shock and this guy came up and he shoved a girl in my arms and said 'look after her' and he turned around and went back into the Sari Club. He told police. "It was an emotional moment, the moment when I accepted my leg was gone. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. The highest court in Indonesia, the Constitutional Court, found by a margin of five to four that trying the terrorist suspects under these retroactive laws violated Article 28I(1) of the constitution [2]. Mr Fyfe regarded himself and his friends as extraordinarily lucky, but retained powerful memories of the night that hospitalised him for two months. 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. He has held executive roles in operations, commercial sales, asset management, and business development. It's quite a challenging thing to do. 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. [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. Twenty years since the Bali Bombings is a time of reflection for people in the WA community who were directly impacted by the horrific events of October 2002, including members of the UWA community. Suddenly the lights went off. 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. This image can be licensed for Personal, Editorial, or Commercial Use.Personal, Editorial, or Commercial Use. 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. CSABI: I can't understand what goes through your mind there except when I woke up, I was just looking down. MCEWAN: [From the restaurant] we saw an inferno in the distance. "Everybody's situation is their situation," Mr Fyfe said. He is also now a long-serving board member for the Fiona Wood Foundation, giving it some crucial understanding from a former patient. Weve got a newsletter for everyone. [1] In addition, Hambali confessed that al-Qaeda had sent him US$30,000 to fund the bombings of the two nightclubs.[2]. (A new bar, named "Paddy's: Reloaded", was reopened further along Legian Street). No-one would expect that hours later, about 11pm, abomb would explodeinside the popularPaddy's Irish Pub. Munandar is still at large. 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. 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. Engineer David Fyfe was inside Paddy's Bar when the first bomb went off. The Bali bombings killed 202 people and changed Australia. 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. 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. He confessed that visiting the Kuta memorial had provoked tears, which often flowed for others who lost so much in 2002. 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. There would be no dwelling on the terrorists who had committed the atrocity. "I'm at the stage where my prosthetic leg will crack before I do," he said. David Fyfe was in a bar when three terrorist bombs rocked the holiday resort in October 2002. 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. The company also provided significant financial support for RPH. It was, give yourself a slap in the face and move on. "I just kept setting myself small goals," he said. Her body has been returned to SA. Then I was on a stretcher on a tarmac there in Denpasar, and we're on a Hercules jet bound for Darwin. 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 first lotjust had their clothes on. Once we entered [the] street, the traffic was really jammed from the start, so the car was moving very slowly. Laura Shuttleworth has married. Or that a third bomb would detonate about 45 seconds later nearthe US consulate. 12:04pm Oct 12, 2017. This is his story. That man took me to a hospital in Kuta. There were people the person in a van and a person [who] carried the device in Paddys Bar wearing the item. 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. Now 43, he exercises fanatically, and can leg press 120kg. Anatomy of a Terrorist Attack: An in-Depth Investigation into the 2002 Bali, Indonesia, Bombings 2007-14 About the Matthew B. Ridgway Center The Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies at the University of Pittsburgh is dedicated to producing original and impartial analysis that informs It was Fiona Wood who did it. "I'm still trying to determine whether I walked out into the second blast," Mr Fyfe said. DECI: There was a woman helping me, telling me to come and that she'll call an ambulance. The Indonesian chief of police, General Da'i Bachtiar said that the bombing was the "worst act of terror in Indonesia's history". When the Australian Federal Policed arrived in Bali just days after the 2002 bombings took the lives of . There was only two of us in the pub, which was kind of unheard of on a Saturday night. The car bomb explosion left a one metre deep crater.[8]. But Amrozi's mobile phone proved to be the real catch. 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. The doctors suspected I would be off work for 12 months. I didn't know what happened to my face, to my body, but I tried to call for 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. Australian University. Amrozi was asleep in the rear of the house. I heard someone say that her eye lens are broken and they must be operated on tonight. 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. CSABI: I remember being put in the back of a ute and I'd been on a sheet of iron. The majority found that this argument was inconsistent with the text of Article 28I(1) which states that the rights listed there "cannot be limited under any circumstances.". 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. He said he would appeal. [3] A further 209 people were injured. 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 . The second factor that inspired the Bali bombing, which is also critical, is the communal violence that erupted in Indonesia, in Ambon in the Moluccas, and in Poso in central Sulawesi, in 1999 and 2000, where there was Christian, Muslim fighting, and Muslims were dying at Christian hands. 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