Fifteen years on…
By sishy7
@sishy7 (27169)
Australia
October 12, 2017 11:24am CST
# 89
I almost forgot all about it until I heard the news this morning. Fifteen years later, survivors, family, and friends are remembering a tragedy known as the Bali Bombings. 200 innocent lives were lost including 88 Australians.
The tragedy happened a day, a month, and a year after the worst terrorist attack of 9/11. 9/11 was on the 11th day of the 9th month in year 2001. And the Bali Bombings was on the 12th day of the 10th month in year 2002.
It may not be remembered as worldwide as 9/11, but in Australia, just like in Bali where the Ground Zero was, the tragedy is remembered every year. Over a third of the victims were Australians so the attack has affected so many people in Australia. And fifteen years on, many made their way back to Kuta’s Ground Zero and gathered for a ceremony commemorating the atrocity.
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11 responses
@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
12 Oct 17
I remember it very well.
You're right it isn't as internationally remembered as much as 9/11...same as the 7/7 london bombings don't get remembered much outside the UK.
I think 9/11 sticks in the memory because of the tv footage and also because of the scale of the attack.
I genuinely don't understand the mentality of the terrorists as they are achieving absolutely nothing.
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@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
12 Oct 17
@sishy7 true, and whatever cause they have (I've no clue wtf they are thikning) they're harming it not helping it.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
12 Oct 17
@Mike197602 They are hurting the integrity of Islam.
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@marguicha (215441)
• Chile
14 Oct 17
-I don´t think I remember. I remember the exact date of the attacts to the Twin Towers because in my country that is the terrible date of the coup that meant having a dictator for many years.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
15 Oct 17
@responsiveme At least theirs are easier to remember now...
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 Oct 17
@sishy7 two of my friends have their beats on 9/11. It always seems kind of odd to wish ...many happy returns on this day
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@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Oct 17
I do remember that. Though like you said it may not be remembered like 9/11, still it was tragic. What have people really learned from history - in this day and age, this stuff still goes on - all is does is hurt lives - and for what?!
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
6 Nov 17
So many attacks =( Even today there was one in Texas.
Attacks are back to back so sad!
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
13 Oct 17
I vaguely remember this. But to be honest so many terrorist attacks have happened since 9/11 that they have all started to become a blur. 
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
13 Oct 17
@sishy7 Yes, I imagine it would stand out to those it hit closest to home to.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
12 Oct 17
It is so sad that our world has to deal with terror organizations and terror plots. Prayers for the victims and their families.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
13 Oct 17
@sishy7 No they are not and it is so sad for them all.
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