this is the closest i ve ever come to death. when the blast goes off, filmmaker jack baxter is finishing up a shoot on his documentary called blues by the beach about this unique bar in tel aviv. we started doing a documentary about mike s place. and the waitresses, the bartenders, to try to get that perspective. pretty much stay out of the politics. i want y all to take care of the people here in the house, the waitresses, the bartenders. this is a song about freedom. mike s place is where people come to escape the tension of a country too often torn apart by terrorism. the bar has an international feel. nearly everyone speaks english and talking about politics and religion is discouraged. a good bartender knows how to get out of it eloquently. a good line is, are we still talking about sex?
is hailed as a national hero. who knows how many people would have been killed in that small space, so he saved literally a hundred lives. why mike s place? well, i think mike s place represents the best that this part of the world has to offer. just weeks earlier the suicide bombers at mike s place asif and omar record this video about their plan to kill as many as possible. the real terrorists are the israelis. they are real sickos. it s a great honor to kill all of these people. it s a great honor. jack s burned face heals but he still suffers from some of his other injuries. frankenjack. partially paralyzed right down the middle.
jack has chosen mike s place as the subject of his documentary to show how israelis are coping with the violence. why not? over the course of just two weeks, jack has become close friends with the owner, the bartender, avi who works security and dominique, a 24-year-old waitress from france who has dreams of opening her own pastry shop. she really affected me and i guess the film shows what she s like. if things are going well i see myself maybe having my own little coffee shop things or selling case to half of tel aviv buying my cakes. it is jack s last night in israel. he s having a beer at a table outside saying his good-byes. dominique was sitting next to me. that s when one of the suicide bombers came up and tried to get into the place. avi, the security guard, has a bad feeling when 21-year-old
who knows how many people would have been killed in that small space, so he saved literally a hundred lives. why mike s place? well, i think mike s place represents the best that this part of the world has to offer. just weeks earlier the suicide bombers at mike s place asif and omar record this video about their plan to kill as many as possible. the real terrorists are the israelis. they are real sickos. it s a great honor to kill all of these people. it s a great honor. jack s burned face heals but he still suffers from some of his other injuries. frankenjack. partially paralyzed right down the middle. i also have both of miss
record this video about their plan to kill as many as possible. the real terrorists are these israelis. they re really sickos. it s a great honor to kill one of these people. it s a great honor. jack s burned face heals but he still suffers from some of his other jar is. franken jack. i m partially paralyzed down the middle. i had both my eardrums blown out. i had two operations on that. they grafted a piece from my neck into my ear. two musicians playing that night and dominique, the french waitress sitting right next to jack are killed. another 55 people are injured. the second suicide bomber