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Bali bombings: 17 years on, terror still haunts
Survivors and family members of victims and Bali residents held a vigil on Saturday evening in Kuta to commemorate the Bali bombings that took 202 lives 17 years ago.
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Flowers, letters, photographs and incense are laid at the monument in Kuta to honor the Bali bombing victims. Seventeen years have passed since the terror attack claimed hundreds of lives. JP/Anggara Mahendra (JP/Anggara Mahendra)
T
umini’s feet suddenly gave up on her as she fell down during a vigil at the Bali bombing memorial in Kuta on Saturday evening.
The names of 202 victims are engraved in the wall of granite and limestone.
She had just been praying for the victims of the 2002 terrorist attack when she suddenly started crying and briefly lost consciousness. Others attending the vigil helped her walk back to her seat.
“Suddenly all the memories of that fateful night came back. I couldn’t control myself,” the mother of three told The Jakarta Post.
Tumini was not the only one. Two other survivors of the bombing also lost consciousness during the vigil and were rushed to the hospital.
Tumini is a survivor of the tragic night of Oct. 12, 2002. She was working as a bartender at the Paddy’s Pub when bombs ripped through the area, burning some parts of her body in an instant. She was mistaken as dead and taken to a hospital, where her sister later found her lying among dozens of bodies.
In Oct. 12, 17 years ago, three deadly bomb blasts took place at Paddy’s Pub and the Sari Club in Kuta that claimed the lives of 202 people – comprising 164 foreigners from 24 countries and 38 Indonesians – and injured 209 others. Another bomb exploded on Jl. Hayam Wuruk, Denpasar, near the US Consulate General, but did not result in fatalities.
