Today marks 24 years since the 2002 Bali bombings at the Sari Club and Paddy’s Bar, an attack that claimed 202 lives, including 88 Australians.

Press PLAY to hear Mark Readings reflect on surviving the 2002 Bali bombings

6PR sports reporter Mark Readings, who was inside Paddy’s when the bomb exploded, told 6PR Mornings host Simon Beaumont about his harrowing memories of the tragedy.

“When I was scrambling out of Paddy’s, I just remember thinking to myself, ‘This feels like our 9/11.’ Obviously, that was only 12 months prior to the Bali bombings, and so that went through my head … you knew something was completely pear-shaped”, Readings said.

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