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>> april 30th, 2003, just after midnight. seconds after an explosion. >> i was laying in a puddle of beer and blood and broken glass. 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 s...

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 injuries. >> frank and jack, partially paralyzed right down the middle. i also had both my eardrums blown out. i had two operations on that, you know, they grafted a piece from my neck into my ear. >> two musicians playing that night, and dominique, the french waitress that was sitting right next to jack, are killed. another 55 people are injured. the second suicide bomber, inexplicably disappears before achieving his goal. >> dropped his bomb belt, and h...

Torn apart by terrorism. the bar has an international feel, nearly everyone speaks english. and talk being about politics and religion is discouraged. >> a good bartender knows how to get out of it. a good line is are we still talking about sex. >> he has chosen this bar as the subject of his documentary to show how israelis are coping with the violence. >> one eye, second eye. >> over the course of just two weeks, jack has become close friends with the owner, bar tnders and the security man and dominique, a 24 year old waitress from france who has dreams of opening her own pastry shop. >> she...

>> april 30, 2003. just after midnight. seconds after an explosion. >> i was laying in a puddle of beer and blood and broken glass. this is the closest i've ever, 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 the documentary about mike's place. the waitresses, the bartenders. to try to get that perspective, pretty much stay out of the politics. >> i want you all to take care of all 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? >> 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 wh...