Once they pulled me out of the wheel chair I don't remember anything else. I kept everything,all the articles. 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. GREEN: On my first rotation over there, I was assisting on the criminal side of the investigation. It's important to realise that neither of these were AFP jurisdiction. Australian University. Imron used the motorbike to plant the small bomb outside the U.S. Consulate. "It was an emotional moment, the moment when I accepted my leg was gone. 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. I met up with JodieCearns I didn't know she'd come back from Europe. 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. MCEWAN: The way Jalan Legian is set up, [it's] a one-way street. He was sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment. He said the support around him, including from fiancee Joanne Rowan, had been incredible. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Or that a third bomb would detonate about 45 seconds later nearthe US consulate. [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." It was alleged that he tried to overthrow the government and establish an Islamic state. They were lazy, in my view, but that probably saved their life. Two bombs went off in Jalan Legian shortly after 11pm. 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]. Both my ear drums were perforated and I was blown off my feet. The door on the driver's seat was open, so I got out from there. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. David Fyfe was featured in 2022 in the Energy section. Idris dialed the number of the Nokia to detonate the bomb at the Consulate. There were many acts of individual heroism. Mr Fyfe, 33, said: "I'm at the stage where my prosthetic leg will crack before I do.". Power 500 is a catalogue of Western Australia's most influential business leaders across the state's major industries. 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). 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 . I grew up in a Catholic family and I crossed myself. Not quite ready to subscribe? Amanda Hooton October 1, 2022 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.". View the profiles of people named David Fyfe. An official with SANFL club Sturt), Tim Hawkins, 29 (from Hobart, a former Australian rower and brother of Olympic gold medallist Stephen Hawkins). [It] was packed with people and security at the front gates, just as normal. A couple from Adelaide who were holidaying on the island, Jon Mason and doctor Irene Kushelew, were with him in the hospital while he had many operations to save his life. Then I was on a stretcher on a tarmac there in Denpasar, and we're on a Hercules jet bound for Darwin. After a. So I did the only thing I could do and that was to crawl away from the heat. He is in American custody in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Engineer David Fyfe was inside Paddy's Bar when the first bomb went off. When the Australian Federal Policed arrived in Bali just days after the 2002 bombings took the lives of . 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. They smiled, they laughed, they were just normal people. The largest group among those killed were tourists from Australia with 88 fatalities. So we believe, and I still hold that, of the 1,000 or so kilograms of explosives [used], around 500kg or thereabouts, actually detonated. Amrozi's mobile phone, a particularly important piece of evidence, was seized during his arrest. Indonesian authorities also believe more suspects remain at large. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. There were a lot of people on the street. And my condition was not good. The way that the device was put to the suspects, the way that we thought the device had been constructed, was almost perfect. 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. The specific charges against Bashir related to a series of church bombings on Christmas Eve in 2000, and to a plot to bomb United States and other Western interests in Singapore. 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. I can still picture that day. 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). Two decades on, Fiona Wood is still exploring revolutionary burns treatments - including the role of the mind in recovery. (AAP/Facebook) David Ure had been in Bali for . So I did take that on board. 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. I tried to keep calm and made my way to escape the fire. They didn't look evil, they didn't have shark-like eyes. journalism. Aris Munandar (aka Sheik Aris) is a Jemaah Islamiyah associate linked to Bashir. But keeping his path clear of any victims mentality has been the key to surging positively into his new lifes chapter. He is humble about the part his willpower and tenacity played in his recovery. They were moved to isolation cells, and execution spots were ready on the Nusakambangan island prison where they were being held. So I had to walk away from those girls and leave them to die. THIOLINA: I'm not sure how long I [was] passed out. So I dragged myself out knowing I had to get to work. James Parkinson, an emergency nurse, worked alongside Doctor Hogg from Wollongong in the Denpasar Sanglah Hospital running the trauma centre for the bombing victims. 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. 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. Reveal sub navigation . (Reuters: David Gray PB)ALAN ATKINSON, former ABC journalist and one of the first reporters on the scene: It was Saturday . DE HAART:There's no such thing as closure. And they [applied tourniquets] I'd looked down at [my] leg and I looked at my foot. 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. There was only two of us in the pub, which was kind of unheard of on a Saturday night. 'Help, help.' There is talk about a fifth COVID vaccine, but how many should I already have and who is eligible? Mr Fyfe recently returned to Bali for the first time since the bombings. I got up on my first lesson, on the very last wave.". It was more than anything else, the desire to show Westerners that no-one was safe anywhere. Then I was out. If you need support, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14. He shies away from giving advice to others facing hardship. "It was going poisonous. GP Dr Tony Pethick MBBS 89, walked from his hotel towards the aftermath and discovered people in dire need of urgent first aid treatment. 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. I heard someone say that her eye lens are broken and they must be operated on tonight. As noted below, all three were executed on 9 November 2008. The pair had been in the Sari Club, which was wrecked by the bigger secondary blast, just two drinks earlier. 'It's just gouging': Are property investors the solution to Australia's rental crisis? The recording did not however claim responsibility for the Bali attack. (A new bar, named "Paddy's: Reloaded", was reopened further along Legian Street). We need to be prepared for smaller scale accidents as well as the next disaster. 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) 196 Australians are confirmed to have been injured, 113 of those seriously, including: Andrew Acheson (from the Forbes Platypii) in Royal North Shore hospital, serious injury, Adrian Acheson, 27 (from Forbes), broken arm, Steven Betland, 21 (from Forbes) in Royal North Shore Hospital, burns, Glenn Dubois, 46, (from Balmain) leg and eye injuries, Simone Hanley, 28, in a critical condition at Royal Perth Hospital, Ryan James, 16 (from Sydney) in a Fremantle Hospital, discharged, Ross McKeon (from NSW) hospitalised in Australia, Joel Murchie, 32, in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Ali Sumer, 45 (from Sydney) in hospital in Adelaide with burns and a broken leg, Ertn Sumer, 41 (From Sydney) neck injuries, Kristy Webster, 15 (from Marrickville, Sydney) badly broken arm, Steven Armstrong (Melbourne AFL player) minor injuries, Vince Cuni, 28 (from Melbourne) in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Rick Elliot, 38 (from Melbourne) treated in Darwin hospital for minor injuries, Angela Graham, 28 (from Melbourne) in Concorde Hospital, burns, Dale Atkin, 27 (from Hallam) in intensive care with serious burns, Lynley Huguenin, 22 (from Wantirna, Melbourne) in Alfred Hospital with severe burns and a shrapnel wound, Mick Martyn, (Kangaroos AFL player) burns, Jason McCartney, 28 (Kangaroos AFL player) in Alfred Hospital's intensive care unit with burns, Kim McKerow, 23 (from The Basin, Melbourne) burns and shrapnel injuries, Rachel Miszkowiel, 25, in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, David Robins (Melbourne AFL rookie) minor injuries, Dale Robson, 18,in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Leanne and sister Samantha Woodgate (from Melbourne) badly burnt, Tracey Ball, 31 (from Perth) in Royal Perth Hospital), stable, Megan Basioli, 15 in Royal Perth Hospital, Lee-Anne Boston, 44, in Royal Perth Hospital, Phil Britten, 22 (from Perth) in an Adelaide hospital, Aaron Cowdery, 29, in a Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Lee Fenton, 20 (from Perth) in Sir Gairdner Hospital, stable, David Fyfe, 33 (Scottish resident of WA), in Royal Perth Hospital, critical, Jade Gaffney, 17 (from Perth) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, stable, Paul Haines, 18 (from Bunbury) in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Lee Harrison (from Perth) lacerations and cuts, Stuart Henderson, 25 (from Perth) Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Melinda Kemp, 25 (from Perth) in Royal Perth Hospital, Laurie Kerr, 44 (from Perth Kingsley Cats football team) in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Aaron Lindsey, 19 (from Perth) in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Justin Panetta, 18 (from Bunbury) in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, discharged 16/10/02, Nadine Ramm, 16 (in Perth) in Fremantle Hospital, Adam Sanford, 19 (from Perth) in a Fremantle Hospital, discharged, Kylee Anne Smith, 30, in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Anthony Svilisich, 26, Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Tracey Thomas, 41 (from Perth) in a critical condition at Royal Perth Hospital, Connie Watson (from Perth), in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Chad Wood, 19 (from Perth) in a Fremantle Hospital, discharged, Brendon Barry (from Brisbane) stable condition in a Bali hospital, Jodie Cearns, 35 (from Brisbane and step daughter of Olympic heptathlon gold medallist Glynis Nunn-Cearns) in intensive care in Melbourne's Alfred Hospital, Adam Devine, 21 (Southport footballer) in Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Glen Forster, 35 (from the Gold Coast) Princess Alexandria Hospital, Jayson Pate (from Southport Sharks team) shrapnel wounds, Aaron Rossow, 23 (from Rockhampton) sustained burns to his limbs and back, Jake Ryan, 21 (Southport footballer) severe burns and shrapnel wound, Adam Wright (from Brisbane. [7], Damage to the densely populated residential and commercial district was immense, destroying neighbouring buildings and shattering windows several blocks away. (All interviews have been condensed and edited for clarity.). And they were screaming out for help. But I'm getting my life back. [1] In addition, Hambali confessed that al-Qaeda had sent him US$30,000 to fund the bombings of the two nightclubs.[2]. He was initially not charged over the Bali attack, although he was frequently accused of being the instigator or inspirer of the attack. So emergency service and vehicles couldn't enter that area. 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 investigators were able to identify the location of a number of the telephones, leading to a series of arrests. As patients were stabilised, the triage plan for who to evacuate first, became the central task. That man took me to a hospital in Kuta. 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. I didn't know what happened to my face, to my body, but I tried to call for help. 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. 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. A lot of the state jurisdictions have experience in smaller disaster victim identification investigations, but no-one had ever done anything of this sort of scale. It tells the story during three different times: the planning a few months before the bombing, its execution in 2002, and the trials in 2003 through the viewpoints of both the victims and the bombers. 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. 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. The media footage was dramatic and horrible. I grabbed notebooks and pens and phone and water. It happened. 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. 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. Editors' Code of Practice. 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. I tried to get out but couldn't open the left door. CSABI: I can't understand what goes through your mind there except when I woke up, I was just looking down. It was then he discovered his right leg had been removed from below the knee, that he had burns to 50 per cent of his body, and he had many shrapnel wounds. The attack killed 202 people (including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 23 Britons, and people of more than 20 other nationalities). No-one would expect that hours later, about 11pm, abomb would explodeinside the popularPaddy's Irish Pub. He is passionate about the research that the Foundation undertakes. The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. Christine Anu sang The Lighthouse by toxtwo at the opening ceremony. He was singled out for praise with the award of the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on 13 June 2005.[14][15]. His remarkable resilience meant that he was determined to get the most out of life, despite his injuries. New guidelines from Canada say there's not, News of Bali bombmaker's sentence reduction 'kick in the guts' for survivors, Suspected Bali bombing mastermind set to walk free, but Australians worry what will happen next, Cheryl Watson survived the Bali bombings and breast cancer, and knew 'the fear' when she saw it, Man drowns at northern NSW beach while trying to save daughter, Government pledges to close child abuser superannuation loophole, 'I was hitting it so soft': Aussie wildcard reflects on 70-shot rally in Australian Open loss. 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. Doctors were forced to perform a life-saving, deep-to-the-bone fasciotomy (cutting connective body tissue) in his leg to ease pressure while he was unconscious in Bali. 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. heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment. That can only be in a war and Indonesia is not at war."[47]. The militant organisation is believed to have started planning the bombing some 10 months earlier after ordering a new strategy of hitting soft targets, such as nightclubs and bars. 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]. Hundreds more people suffered horrific burns and other injuries. HAMMING: From an explosives perspective, we were really keen to see both the Sari Club and the Paddy's Bar scene. I remember waking up 12 days after Bali no idea what had happened, Mr Fyfe said. On their arrival to Sanglah hospital it became clear that adequate treatment for those severely injured had to be sought elsewhere. He remembers seeing glass and rubble on the street. 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. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. We laughed and hugged and I said 'I'm gonna grab a drink and then I'll come down and see you at the front there'. And that was it. Mr Fyfe has since emerged as a passionate advocate of RPH and Professor Woods Fiona Wood Foundation, where he has been a board member since 2013. But Amrozi's mobile phone proved to be the real catch. It was a typical Saturday nightin Bali and the Kuta Beach tourist strip was heaving with people. DE HAART: I was in a music store [making my way down Poppies Lane after helping a friend get home] and all of a sudden there was a dull thud, the lights flickered and went out. Others involved in planning or carrying out the plot have been sentenced to time in prison or have died in the years since the bombing. ANDREW CSABI, Australian survivor: At 10:30pm, we decided to go into the Sari Club. Another participant in the bombing, Imam Samudra, was sentenced to death on 10 September. This sculpture of pink sandstone is the centrepiece of the memorial. A permanent memorial was built on the site of the destroyed Paddy's Pub on Legian Street. So I threw that piece of glass at Kuta Beach and the articles that my friends sent me, I burnt them all. [28] The U.S. government had offered a US$1million reward for his arrest. David Fyfe is linked to 15 organisations which are included in 3 lists - Charitable Organisations, Utilities and Public Infrastructure and State Government Businesses. It was just a bizarre sequence of events, he said. It stars Raelee Hill, Mirrah Foulkes, Alex Komang, Surya Saputra, John O' Hare, Sarah Treleaven, and Joshua Pandelaki. She has no interest in being famous. It was very colourful and noisy and warm in Kuta. "I do remember picking myself up," he said. JONES:You don't eradicate terrorist groups completely. It was horrible. 12:04pm Oct 12, 2017. MCEWAN: Initially, you had people trying to identify loved ones. It's confronting. Data & Insights is Western Australia's most accurate and comprehensive business listings and searchable database. There would be no dwelling on the terrorists who had committed the atrocity. "I call it my moment of acceptance," Mr Fyfe said yesterday. 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. [41] In the final moment, there was no remorse or repentance, and they shouted: Allahu Akbar, or "God is great! The minority judges argued that international human rights documents such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights allowed an exception to not applying retrospective legislation in the prosecution of crimes against humanity. [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. "[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. 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. [19] For the Sari club bomb with the L300 van, the terrorists assembled 12 plastic filing cabinets filled with explosives. 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. All the other doctors had taken a break. 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. [My colleague] Mick [Keelty] was already in Bali. That I found, I think, at the time, difficult to deal with. It is flanked by the national flags of the victims. GREEN: It was fairly well-established pretty soon after the detonation itself, who the suspects were. But ultimately, it perhaps wasn't as good as it could have been. In April 2003, Indonesian authorities charged Abu Bakar Bashir (also rendered "Ba'asyir"), the alleged spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, with treason. Shes an exceptional leader: so calm, so caring, but able to make tough decisions. ", West Australian Newspapers Limited 2023. The community event consists of traditional art performances such as Balinese Sunset Dances, sports on the beach as well as in the water for young and old plus rows and rows of culinary displays along the one kilometre of sandy beach. 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. [At some point] I said 'I need some tourniquets, I'm bleeding out here'. And that will help you determine what the likely category of explosives were. The total weight of the van bomb was 2,250 pounds (1,020kg). David Ure was on his first trip overseas when he became one of the hundreds of tourists caught up in the 2002 Bali bombings. Suddenly the lights went off. 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?" We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. She basically turned around and took my leg off.". If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to 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. 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. I couldn't tell you if they are male or female, child or whatever. Its not enough to just heal the skin, we need to heal the whole body and mind. The Bali bombings killed 202 people and changed Australia. Mr Fyfe recently returned to Bali for the first time since the bombings. Friends later told Mr Fyfe he was lucid during the days he was in hospital in Bali. CSABI: I remember being put in the back of a ute and I'd been on a sheet of iron. I didn't receive help right away Finally a nurse brought me a wheelchair and told me to sit [and] she wheeled me inside. I looked at them and I think 'well, I've got to walk across this roof, about 20 feet of thatched roof, in flames'. "My leg was killing me," he said. Abu Bakar Bashir, the doyen of JI, is free, jailed then cleared of any involvement in the Bali atrocity. David Fyfe didn't cry when the nurses told him they had amputated his right leg. He also confessed that a fellow leader Riduan Isamuddin, known as Hambali, had provided the funds for the attacks. A SCOT who lost a leg in the Bali bombings has spoken for the first time about his survival. Once I was inside I had to wait still because it was still crowded. Credit: Supplied A survivor of the Bali bombings 20 years ago has been tapped as the new boss of State-owned electricity retailer Synergy. I'm trying to wave people forward and I didn't even know whether I was crawling in a safe direction. They were given some instructions on how to mix the components of the explosive and they did the best they could, I guess. An Indonesian-style stone memorial is situated in Allambe Memorial Park at Nerang. It was October 12, 2002, and the night was just getting started. Mr Fyfe staggered outside. Broadcast Tue 3 Jul 2018 at 12:40pm. Among those killed at Paddy's Irish Bar and the nearby Sari Club were. I do not know for sure the source of the aforementioned money from Hambali; most probably it was from Afghanistan, that is, from Sheikh Usama bin Laden. People don't get closure. [46] Ma'ruf Amin, deputy chairman of the Indonesian Ulemas Council, the chief body for Islamic clerics in Indonesia said of the men: "They did not die a holy death. 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. 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