BAMBANG Triyanto, 30, was still haunted by the bomb that blew up the front of the JW Marriott Hotel on August 5, 2003. He had just started work there three weeks before tragedy struck. After undergoing nine operations, he was bed-ridden for a whole year. The scars on his body are stark reminders of that fateful day.

Bambang went back to work at the hotel’s security unit. Six years later, on Friday last week he was to relive the tragic events