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[ screaming ] >> 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 all the people here in the house, the waitresses, the ...

[ screaming ] >> 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 all the people here in the house, the waitresses, the ...

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 all the people here in the house, the waitresses, the bartenders. this is a song about freedom. ♪ ...

>> the next thing i know i'm in the hospital and it's three days later. >> is avi okay? >> he's hurt but he's going to be fine. you saved a lot of people's lives that night. >> avi is critically wounded but 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. >> ...

>> he's hurt but he's going to be fine. you saved a lot of people's lives that night. >> avi is critically wounded but 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 ...