Cookies help us improve your website experience. The Australian ambassador and Indonesian officials attended the ceremony. 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". 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]. DECI: There was a woman helping me, telling me to come and that she'll call an ambulance. 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. [At some point] I said 'I need some tourniquets, I'm bleeding out here'. 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 . 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. We had a quick swim, got ready, went to a place for dinner and then made our way to the Sari Club. One of the big reasons he needed to get well fast, he said, was because of his then four-year-old son, Liam. Once they pulled me out of the wheel chair I don't remember anything else. 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. So I did take that on board. The attacks claimed the lives of 202 people, including 88 Australians and put some UWA Medical School graduates to the test. Police also uncovered training manuals on ambush techniques and numerous articles on jihad. The Bali Peace Park Association offered the equivalent of $350,000 for the land when it appeared it could be used only for a park, said the group's chairman, David Napoli. JONES:[The terrorists]were more inspired by two things [in the Bali bombing attack]. First aid and burn innovations that saved lives during the Bali bombings. 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. The recording did not however claim responsibility for the Bali attack. It was funny because I always say thatyour positive attitude attracts positive results and it worked for me. The final death toll was 202, mainly comprising Western tourists and holiday-makers in their 20s and 30s who were in or near Paddy's Pub or the Sari Club, but also including many Balinese Indonesians working or living nearby, or simply passing by. But keeping his path clear of any victims mentality has been the key to surging positively into his new lifes chapter. We're talking not a short amount of time after the blast. 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. Quite a few people had got out. In this oral history, we hear from Australian and Balinese survivors,former and current Australian Federal Police officers, a journalist and a terrorism expert. He was initially not charged over the Bali attack, although he was frequently accused of being the instigator or inspirer of the attack. (Reuters: David Gray PB)ALAN ATKINSON, former ABC journalist and one of the first reporters on the scene: It was Saturday . The names of all 202 victims are on a curved stone wall behind the globe. I tried to open the car door on the left side, but I couldn't do it I kept trying. The then 33-year-old refused to use a wheelchair. It was towards Jalan Legian but the inferno was that broad we thought it could have been our hotel [near Kuta Beach]. On 15 October 2004, he was arrested by the Indonesian authorities and charged with involvement in another bomb attack, which killed 14 people at the J. W. Marriott hotel in Jakarta on 5 August 2003. leader and business. a 2002 Bali bombing survivor and regularly speaks at events in WA. I heard someone say that her eye lens are broken and they must be operated on tonight. 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. [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. CSABI: I can't understand what goes through your mind there except when I woke up, I was just looking down. It was [an] obviously shocking series of events unfolding. MCEWAN: Initially, you had people trying to identify loved ones. 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. It was, give yourself a slap in the face and move on. Another suspect named Zulkarnaen was finally arrested in Lampung on 10 December 2020. There would be no dwelling on the terrorists who had committed the atrocity. I was informed that might have been six or seven [minutes] after the blast. The 20 year anniversary is being marked in several ways, Mr Fyfe and Professor Wood are speaking together at the upcoming Business News breakfast on The Path of Resilience, and author and journalist Sue Williams has released a biography of Professor Woods story, named Under Her Skin, with proceeds directed to the Fiona Wood Foundation. Albany Advertiser (incl. I tried to get out but couldn't open the left door. If you need support, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14. Bali bombings hero Fiona Wood: the next frontier in burns treatment Her spray-on skin made her a household name after the Bali bombings. 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. You see photos of people walking out, staggering outcarrying people. [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. Angela Golotta, 19 (from Tea Tree Gully, was on holidays with her parents). It was Fiona Wood who did it. 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. 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. The Cross of Valour is the highest civilian honor and is equivalent to the Victoria Cross for Australia which is the highest military honor. And, on the right-hand side, Paddy's Bar was in flames. Amrozi's brother, Ali Imron, who had expressed remorse for his part in the bombing, was sentenced to life imprisonment on 18 September. You're in Bali, you don't think it's going to be a terrorist or even a bomb. The service is attended by survivors of the 2002 rugby tour to Bali, friends and family of those who lost their lives, as well as current and past players of the club. [4], Various members of Jemaah Islamiyah, a violent Islamist group, were convicted in relation to the bombings, including three individuals who were sentenced to death. A manager with Western Power, Mr Fyfe said he used the resilience and patience the bombings had awoken in him to help his employees and himself. Doctor Billy McNeil stood up for 72 hours and just helped people try and look after their wounds, try and keep them alive. He stopped near the Sari Club, instructed one suicide bomber to put on his explosives vest and the other to arm the vehicle bomb. Personally, I was angry that these people that we were talking to were the alleged perpetrators of this terrible, terrible crime. And then I thought 'ohshit, that looks like it's near the Sari Club.'. 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. I felt that I was on the pavement. The work is by sculptor Chris Bennetts and Ishi Buki Sandstone Sculpture. There will always be small, independent cellssome of whom are not particularly well informed that continue to believe that they have a mission. It was more than anything else, the desire to show Westerners that no-one was safe anywhere. MCEWAN: As we were running up PoppiesLane, people were running towards us and away from what they had already experienced. In 2011, Mr Fyfe graduated with a UWA Graduate Certificate in Business and is now the CEO of Synergy. The scale of the disaster meant that the Indonesian government quickly made an exception to allow foreign doctors to help at the hospital. Two of Clint and Trent's brothers, Brock and Ryan, and their sister Farrah, are accompanying them. HAMMING: From an explosives perspective, we were really keen to see both the Sari Club and the Paddy's Bar scene. [22], The organization suspected of responsibility for the bombing was Jemaah Islamiyah, an Islamist group allegedly led by radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir. A report by the United States-Indonesia Society describes the arrest of Amrozi and other suspects.[25]. They were friendly, approachable, people. 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. At the urging of his fiancee Simone, Mr Fyfe recently began learning to surf using a carbon fibre leg. The media footage was dramatic and horrible. We need to be prepared for smaller scale accidents as well as the next disaster. How forensics solved the Bali Bombings. David Fyfe has over 20 years of experience across the energy and telecommunications industries. I just started recognising the severity of it. A memorial which lists the victims of the bombings from Western Australia was opened on the first anniversary, and is situated on the ridge of Mount Eliza in Kings Park, overlooking the city. He also required five litres of blood to replace what he had lost and to keep him alive. Out of that 100-plus police force that arrived from Australia, it was every spectrum of policing discipline. Get notifications in MyBN when activity occurs. An unofficial list of the dead, missing and injured Australians following the bomb blasts in Bali: 30 Australians are confirmed dead including: 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), Josh Iliffe, 28 (from Kensington, member of the Dolphins), Linda Makawana, 49 (formerly of Kiama, lived in Bali for five years), Dave Mavroudis, 29 (from Wagga Wagga, member of the Dolphins), Jodie O'Shea, 29 (from Como, died in Royal Perth Hospital), Kathy Salvatori, 38 (from Malabar, wife of former rugby league international Craig), Clinton Thompson, 29 (from Griffith, member of the Dolphins), Gerard Yeo, 20 (from Dubbo and member of the Coogee Dolphins), Corey Paltridge, 20 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club), Robert Thwaites, 24 (from the Gold Coast), Jared Gane, 27 (from Gold Coast, and possibly also a NZ citizen), David Kent, 41 (living in Singapore, formerly Queensland), Joshua Deegan, 22 (from Adelaide, a member of the SANFL club Sturt). Another participant in the bombing, Imam Samudra, was sentenced to death on 10 September. Local chief prosecutor Muhammad Yamin said they would be "executed simultaneously" but at different locations.[40]. On leaving she was quoted as saying "I'm certain he's gone to heaven". 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. 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. 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. Philippine intelligence considers Munandar to be associated with Mohammad Abdullah Sughayer, a Saudi national Abu Sayyaf Group in southern Philippines. This is his story. 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We'd eaten at the nightclubs, near the famous Poppieslane, and then we walked along Kuta beach at sunset back to our hotel. The film was directed by Enison Sinaro and written by Wong Wai Leng and Andy Logam-Tan. It's difficult to get past it all. He shies away from giving advice to others facing hardship. "I remember sitting down and lying back and feeling my legs. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories. Its not enough to just heal the skin, we need to heal the whole body and mind. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can The first lotjust had their clothes on. On their arrival to Sanglah hospital it became clear that adequate treatment for those severely injured had to be sought elsewhere. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. Laura Shuttleworth has married. CSABI: I remember being put in the back of a ute and I'd been on a sheet of iron. The largest group among those killed were tourists from Australia with 88 fatalities. 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. The two suicide bombers exploded their devices. So it enables the translation of the global jihad to a local context. The only way you could help the injured was to put [them] on motorcycles for good Samaritans, who were taking them out. I never did any interviews with journalists, Inever wanted to. "I'm at the stage where my prosthetic leg will crack before I do," he said. I grew up in a Catholic family and I crossed myself. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's I never saw her again. The response to a big new policy last week provides some clues, Young farmer's emotional thanks to heroes who saved her life, Acid spread around Sydney home after stabbing death, 'Take cover, hide': Ukrainian dad describes reaction after helicopter crashes into son's kindergarten, George Floyd's killer appeals murder conviction, Elon Musk auctions Twitter's furniture, an awkward tennis win. Two hundred and two people died in the Bali bombings. Amanda Hooton October 1, 2022 [33][34][35] On 25 October 2008, Communications and Information Minister asked the Indonesian media to stop calling the three "heroes". I had this massive hard thump in my chest and I was just knocked out instantly. He was singled out for praise with the award of the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on 13 June 2005.[14][15]. I was covered in blood. On October 12, 2002, terrorists struck in Bali. He denied self-pity when it came knocking after the doctors at Royal Perth Hospital told him he had burns to more than 50 per cent of his body and had received extensive skin grafts. That's the last thing I remember.". Synergy chief executive David Fyfe survived the Bali bombings 20 years ago and says the incident has since impacted his role as a leader. And what's incredible is [I no longer fear]traffic jams. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. The Mitsubishi L300 van bomb was initially thought to have consisted of C4, a military grade plastic explosive which is difficult to obtain. Now, I'm not trying to overdramatize thingsthis shows terrorism, as I said, will never beat courage. David Fyfe was in a bar when three terrorist bombs rocked the holiday resort in October 2002. "I refused to use a wheelchair," he said. She has travelled with him, along with Mr Cowdery and other former Perth City teammates, to Bali for the 20th anniversary of the bombings. I'm trying to wave people forward and I didn't even know whether I was crawling in a safe direction. The Australian, US, and many governments expressed its disappointment that the sentence was too short; in the outcome, Bashir was freed 14 June 2006 having served less than 26 months for his conspiracy,[31] and on 21 December 2006, Bashir's conviction was overturned by Indonesia's Supreme Court. 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?" Two decades on, Fiona Wood is still exploring revolutionary burns treatments - including the role of the mind in recovery. Stuart Anstee, 23 (from Launceston) glass fragments in throat and back removed yesterday at Royal Darwin Hospital. 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. Weve got a newsletter for everyone. It stars Raelee Hill, Mirrah Foulkes, Alex Komang, Surya Saputra, John O' Hare, Sarah Treleaven, and Joshua Pandelaki. I knew I was in trouble and not in the ideal location to be in trouble. 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 just grabbed anyone I could see in front of me and [helped] them out. 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 was one of the very few fountains allowed to operate during the drought in 2007. Then I was on a stretcher on a tarmac there in Denpasar, and we're on a Hercules jet bound for Darwin. [28] The U.S. government had offered a US$1million reward for his arrest. 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. 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. 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. 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 memorial was dedicated on 12 October 2004, the second anniversary of the attack. As patients were stabilised, the triage plan for who to evacuate first, became the central task. The car was in flames. I've got my life back. Ben Davis, early 20s (from Hobart) in Melbourne's St Vincents Hospital with burns to hands in a stable condition. 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. SHANE HAMMING,an explosives specialist with the AFP's Australian bomb data centrewho was sent to Bali: I first heard about [the bombing] on the news on the Sunday, I think. A survivor of the Bali bombings 20 years ago has been tapped as the new boss of State-owned electricity retailer Synergy. MCEWAN: The way Jalan Legian is set up, [it's] a one-way street. Mr Fyfe is committed to furthering research to ensure a better quality of life for burns patients. 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 Bali Bombing memorial at the site of the original Paddy's Pub across the road from the site of the now demolished Sari Club (to the left of this picture). On 23 July 2004, one of the convicted bombers, Maskur Abdul Kadir, successfully appealed his conviction. There were people bleeding everywhere, or people had their clothes blown off and they're trying to jump over walls to get out. It has taught him lessons he has applied in a successful business career, culminating in his recent appointment as chief executive of Synergy. That has not held him back; quite the contrary. 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. 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. Additional photography courtesy of Reuters, AP and Facebook. There are also some graffiti memorials in memory of the dead. 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. David was on a trip with his football team when the devices exploded in the tourist district of Kuta, killing 202 people. Police found receipts for the purchase of chemicals used to make the bombs, as well as a list of expenses incurred in making the bombs. [7] Twenty seconds later, a second and much more powerful car bomb hidden inside a white Mitsubishi van was detonated by another suicide bomber outside the Sari Club, a renowned open-air thatch-roof bar located opposite Paddy's Pub. journalism. And that kind of galvanised me. He confessed that visiting the Kuta memorial had provoked tears, which often flowed for others who lost so much in 2002. This is his story. The fountain shuts off and becomes a reflecting pool on 12 October each year. Picture exactly where I was standing in the prison courtyard, the table where the bombers were. A SCOT who lost a leg in the Bali bombings has spoken for the first time about his survival. 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. 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.". I just knew I was in trouble. Jemaah Islamiah was a splinter group of an old Indonesian insurgency that was committed to establishing an Islamic State in Indonesia. "I just kept setting myself small goals," he said. I tried to keep calm and made my way to escape the fire. Ninety-four RDX electric detonators were fitted to the TNT. [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." All these [units] came together. Get the news you want delivered to your inbox. 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. 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). It was very colourful and noisy and warm in Kuta. 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. My left arm was stuck in the car's door. The experience I had was a split-second one, a microsecond. I woke up and saw my mum next to me and she told me I had been unconscious for three days. And as soon as she (Professor Wood) walked into the room, I felt better. [My colleague] Mick [Keelty] was already in Bali. I couldn't see anything, so I could only feel with my hands. Is the world facing Thermobaric Terrorism? They smiled, they laughed, they were just normal people. Then this lady took my details, I just said 'I'm right, you can help someone else'. 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. 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. 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 kept calling out for help. Some were later flown to Australia for surgery or for help with specialist burn treatment. Money is being raised through the Dunn & Lewis Youth Development Foundation.[56][57][58]. 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. The monument is well-maintained and illuminated at night. I remember waking up 12 days after Bali no idea what had happened, Mr Fyfe said. 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. Facebook gives people the power to share. ATKINSON: Sanglah Hospital was like a war zone. 'Help, help.' Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron were executed by firing squad after midnight on 9 November 2008 (West Indonesian time). Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. 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. The company also provided significant financial support for RPH. Data & Insights is Western Australia's most accurate and comprehensive business listings and searchable database. 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. It was his last memory before waking up in Royal Perth Hospital 12 days later. And that was it. 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? Then when we entered onto the Jalan Legian, right outside Paddy's Bar, there was hundreds of people Just chaos. 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