On October 12, 2002, the island paradise of Bali, Indonesia, was shattered by a terrorist attack on two of Kuta Beach’s busiest nightclubs. Both the local and international tourists scrambled to escape, to rescue the injured and to comfort the dying.
Australian and Indonesian authorities not only mobilised to evacuate survivors and identify victims, but to hunt down those responsible. Amidst the chaos, heroes arose to defy the odds from the most unlikely places and cultures united in the search for healing, justice and meaning.
The attack began when a suicide bomber detonated a bomb inside the busy Paddy’s Pub nightclub during one of the busiest tourist periods of the year. The ensuing chaos saw the many injured and uninjured patrons flood out into the streets.
