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UNBREAKABLE DURATION 31:02 TX MONDAY 15TH
OCTOBER 2018 |
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BOF LEFT: HIS
ROYAL HIGHNESS, The Duke of Sussex @ 0:13 |
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF SUSSEX Good evening everyone. Tonight, this special episode of
Australian Story is about a cause which is very close to my heart. Four years ago
in London we launched the Invictus Games, a sporting event which brings
together former and current members of the armed forces to harness the power
of sport, to inspire their recovery from physical and mental injuries. As a former soldier I wanted to do something
positive for service men and women whose lives have been turned upside down
and hopefully have a positive impact on their families too. Next week in Sydney, Invictus
competitors will be competing across 11 different sports at some of Sydney’s
most iconic venues One of those competitors will be
former commando Garry Robinson who was critically injured in a Blackhawk
helicopter crash 8 years ago. I first heard Garry’s remarkable story
in 2014 when we met at the London games and I am thrilled to see how far he has come since then. Never underestimate the power of
sport. This is Garry Robinson’s story. |
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KATRINA ROBINSON I normally didn't worry too much when Gary
deployed. But in 2010 when Gary left for Afghanistan, I just had this feeling
that something might go wrong. |
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PETER RUDLAND In June of 2010 Gary and I were part of an
operation, which
is now known as the Battle of Shah Wali Kot. So the basic plan was to- to fly in,
in the early hours of morning. |
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TREVOR
BAUCOM I was the flight lead responsible for planning the
mission. We'd take off from the
airfield and fly to the target that they had given us. |
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PETER
RUDLAND We
set off and visibility was
always planned to be, almost nil. |
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GARRY ROBINSON My mind is still stuck in Afghanistan, in
2010
I have no memory of being on board. |
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PETER RUDLAND I
remember pivoting my body around to look outside the aperture of the
aircraft. |
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TREVOR BAUCOM I told my
co-pilot to bring us down to low level. |
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PETER RUDLAND And I looked down and I see the ground
in front of me, and it was literally right right
there, you know, it was like, "That shouldn't be there." Um, but I
only had enough time to really get one word out, it started with
"F", end in "K," and that's as far as I got. |
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BOF RIGHT:
Peter Rudland, former Commando @ 3.17 |
PETER RUDLAND Garry
is one of those soldiers that I think that many people try to be like, try to
emulate |
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Vision
–Garry reloading arrow SYNC BOF LEFT:
Kurt Ludke, friend and former Commando @3.26 |
KURT LUDKE So
to see someone like Gary cut down in the prime of his life, in the midst of
his career as a commando, is really hard to deal with. |
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Vision-CU
Garry’s face as he prepares to fire arrow SYNC BOF RIGHT: KELLY GERRARD, occupational therapist @3.39 Vision-Garry fires |
KELLY
GERRARD When you look at the injuries that Garry
sustained you think it's a miracle that anyone has survived has survived
this. It really is. |
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Vision-CU
Garry’s face SYNC Our
vision-Katrina collects arrows BOF RIGHT:
KATRINA ROBINSON, wife @ 3.52 Our
vision-Garry turning dial |
KATRINA ROBINSON Gary had a, severe traumatic brain injury. It affected him
cognitively, physically, and emotionally S/U Katrina: a little bit to
the right if anything but really good Gary's
speech was affected and it was harder for him to find
words. |
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SYNC Our
vision - Garry on bike in gym SYNC |
PETER
RUDLAND He couldn't even throw a punch in the early days of his
training and now how far he has come is
because of the opportunity that Invictus has created.
It's given him that purpose, that meaning. Within the team, we call
Garry Mr. Invictus. |
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BOF LEFT: HIS
ROYAL HIGHNESS, The Duke of Sussex @4:30 |
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF SUSSEX What
we must remember and what I think the Invictus Games encapsulates really, really well is just proving that human spirit is incredibly strong. And if you have the
will then you can really achieve absolutely anything, |
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BOF LEFT:
GARRY ROBINSON, DSM, former commando @ 4.39 |
GARRY ROBINSON The difference that Prince Harry and the
Invictus Games have made to for my life, I think it has almost saved my life.
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Photo
montage-Garry Invictus flag then Garry and Katrina, then G and K car Home
video |
KATRINA ROBINSON When
I met Gary I was 17 years old, and so was he. We
were both in Year 12. we were both
working at the same supermarket. |
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Home
video-Garry close up closing eyes smiling SYNC |
KATRINA ROBINSON And one of
the older ladies that worked there has just asked me, "If Gary asked you
out, would you say yes?" So, I was like, "Yeah, all right."
So, that's kind of like how it started. |
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and K baby, car G and k and baby, Garrybaby bike,Garry baby beach Photo
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grandfather |
GARRY ROBINSON One of the
things we had in common, her grandmother was, um, a serving member in the
Australian defence force, and my grandfather was also, um, a serving member
in the defence force. |
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TOF:
Singleton, NSW 1995 @ 5:29 Home
movie -vision Marching
vision |
GARRY ROBINSON And I always had some sort of desire to join, the
military forces in some shape or form S/U attention I
was 21 years of age when I decided to join the army. |
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GARRY ROBINSON I
did 3 tours of East Timor. I was mainly there in a peace keeping role. |
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7pm News 20/02/2000 Vision
of troops disembarking and crowds greeting them |
KATRINA ROBINSON When they first came back from
East Timor/ everyone was there to greet them. |
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TOF: Sydney
2000 @ 5:58 ABC
7pm News 20/02/2000 Garry
being interviewed airport with young Katrina and little Josh wearing army hat |
s/u Garry:
You soon realise what things you take
for granted compared to the families in East Timor |
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Carly,Josh Photo_Joshuaarmyclothes2 |
CARLY ROBINSON When dad was
away, we missed him heaps. He'd be gone for months on end. |
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CARLY ROBINSON Josh, my brother, definitely
wanted to be just like Dad, anything Dad would do Josh would follow |
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Home
Vision-Garry cycling Home
Vision –Garry running Home
Vision_Garry and Carly running BOF RIGHT:
CARLY ROBINSON, daughter @ 6:37 |
CARLY
ROBINSON S/U Go dad Sport played a big part in the family life.// S/U Go Dad Dad's always
been really into triathlons. s/u Yeah go Dad He was part of the Australian team then he
got everyone else into them as well so me and my siblings and my Mum even did
them together. |
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Vision-soldier sticking head out window |
s/u Chopper engines and radio talk |
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Chopper taxiing Katrina Photo-army wall sitting Afghanistan Army vision-soldiers, tanks Vision-tanks |
GARRY ROBINSON After
spending 11 years in an airborne unit I applied for
Special Forces and I was a sniper team commander for 8 years |
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BOF RIGHT:
BRENDAN NELSON AO, Director, Australian War Memorial @ 7:09 |
BRENDAN
NELSON This is a vitally important role/ relaying
critically important information in relation to the battle and the position
and movements of insurgent fighters. |
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Katrina Photo-Garry Jeep And photo Ben |
GARRY ROBINSON My
best mate was Ben Chuck.
The very first day I met Ben was my 2nd deployment to Afghanistan.
Straight away, um, when I met Ben, "Oh, this is someone that I can work
with and easily get along with. |
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photo-Ben and Garry SYNC |
PETER RUDLAND Ben and
Garry were very close. They were, you know, the- the tightest of friends. They were always together, they were very
like-minded. |
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TOF: Shah Wali Kot Offensive, Afghanistan
2010 @ 7:50 Archive-gunfire
dust |
GARRY ROBINSON In
June 2010, I was involved in probably the fiercest battle of my military
career. |
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ABC_libs_ADFShahWaliKot_20100616 7.08ish
and after |
S/U People yelling |
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BRENDAN
NELSON The battle of Shah Wali Kot is the most significant battle in Australia’s
military history for the last 50 years.The objective was to strike a significant blow
against one of the most dangerous hotspots for enemy activity in Afghanistan
at that time. |
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ABC_libs_ADFShahWaliKot_20100616 SYNC |
GARRY ROBINSON The conditions there were quite
horrendous. |
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BRENDAN NELSON it was close quarters fighting/ 10.02.05
miraculously there were no commandoes killed. |
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ABC –archive Any
shots of Taliban being arrested –there’s a shot of a
long line of men walking |
GARRY ROBINSON 00.42.46 After five or six days we
managed to push the Taliban out of the area and secure and neutralise any
threat within that area. |
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GARRY ROBINSON 00.46.13
We had one more operation to carry out
before returning home. |
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Our vision
20180917_INVICTUS_BLACKHAWK-GAR ABC_libs_ADFShahWaliKot_20100616-night
vision |
PETER RUDLAND We set off. Garry was sitting, in the
centre of the front seat with Ben sitting on his left |
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00.38.18
Pilot puts night vision goggles down BOF RIGHT:
TREVOR BAUCOM, former pilot, U.S Army @ 9.18 |
TREVOR BAUCOM, US
Pilot even
with the night vision goggles you can't see a whole lot. It's kind of like if you go into
a closet in the middle of your house at night, and you close the door, it's kinda that kind of dark. |
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PETER RUDLAND Three minutes out, whatever height you're
flying at, you wanna reduce that down to about 50
feet off the ground, right. |
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TREVOR BAUCOM So, I remember telling my co-pilot to start
our descent to low level. I remember looking at the map and switching on the radio
switch/00.05.10 and
that’s apparently when we impacted. |
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BRENDAN NELSON This was an
experience beyond the comprehension of any one of us. You’re travelling at
close to 300 kilometres an hour. You’ve got helicopter that’s 5 times the
weight of a standard car, rotor blades, immense rotational forces involved in
the crash. |
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KURT LUDKE I arrived on
the scene, at the accident, within two minutes of the helicopter impacting. I went to the wreckage and began pulling bodies, fellow commandos, out
of the hull of the Blackhawk. The
immediate area was on fire and bullets were flying out in 360 degrees. Amidst
the fire and bullets, I knew that Garry was somewhere in that wreckage. |
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KATRINA ROBSON I'd just come home from picking the kids up from school. And there
was a knock at the door. There was three uniformed army and a Padre. So, I
let them in, of course, but I knew that this wasn't going to bring good news. |
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ABC 7 PM NEWS -22.06.10 10/173 -slo mo soldiers stretchering body TOF SUPER:
ABC News, June 2010 @ 11:15 4.7PM ABC
NEWS 21.06.10 19.01.41
-45-soldiers from behind carrying stretcher to chopper 2. ABC 7.30
Report 22.6.10 R10/12219.31.49-
19.31.54 CU machines and tubes hospital 7PM ABC NEWS 21.06.10 |
News
sound up: V/O Another 3 soldiers have been killed in
Afghanistan/7 other special forces troops were also on board some of them are
seriously wounded. KATRINA ROBINSON Garry was in a very serious
condition. He had a machine that was breathing for him. |
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SYNC 7PM ABC NEWS 21.06.10 19.01.46-
48 Stretcher inside chopper 19.01.49-51
doctors inside hospital SYNC |
CARLY ROBINSON It was hard, it was shocking when
you see him because he
was just out of it, cords everywhere, it was really hard to
look at him first. |
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doctorsGermanhosp Photo
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asleep side on, Gary asleep face on, Photo-Katrina
kissing Garry,Photo legs
with spokes,legs with spokes 2, Carly with Garry,Garry twisted looking |
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foot in splint Photo-Garry’s
guts stiched Photo-Josh
with Garry Photo-Katrina
feeding Garry SYNC Photo-Garry
asleep mouth open Photo-Garry
face screwed up Photo-stitches
in side SYNC Photos-xray x 4 Photo-spokes
in leg Photos-3
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KATRINA
ROBINSON From top to bottom, like there was something injured
all over him. I was told
that Gary had a traumatic brain injury. He had, uh, a lot of internal injuries. His spleen was bleeding
and removed. His left leg was badly broken and missing, quite a few inches of
bone. |
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Video
Garry hospital saying good night |
Home video: Garry-see you, bye, love you. |
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GARRY ROBINSON The
pain for me was constant, so that was my biggest memory is the pain and
emotional pain going along with that. |
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KATRINA ROBINSON Pete Rudland was in, um, the ICU as well |
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PETER RUDLAND I pretty much, uh, damaged every major bone
in my body, except my left arm. |
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peter in hospital SYNC Vision-medals
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GARRY ROBINSON ... I knew there were other guys
in the hospital are from the accident that were in my team. And there were
guys that weren't there. I thought, "Where's Ben? Where's Ben?"
And, they said, "No, Ben's died. Ben died in the crash or died from the
crash. And because I’d forget within minutes I’d be constantly asking for him so it took a long time before I came to the
realisation that he wasn’t there anymore I just
thought, my mates' no longer with me, um, why did I survive and they didn't? News archive sound up: V/O The names of the three latest
Australian war dead are now known: Ben
Chuck, Timothy James Aplin and Scott Travis Parker. |
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GARRY ROBINSON I definitely used to sit at home |
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Newspaper cuttings |
PETER RUDLAND There was an inquiry held into the crash
itself// 23.48.22 so the outcomes long story short, pilot error. |
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BOF RIGHT: TREVOR BAUCOM, former pilot, U.S Army @ 14.17 |
TREVOR BAUCOM the success or failure of the mission is my
fault and I obviously failed pretty badly. And so
that comes down to me. It’s just mis-communication, it’s what happens when
its dark out. It comes down to pilot error, unfortunately I dropped the ball
somewhere. Not a day goes by I don't think about the
guys that were in the back that lost their lives and then all the guys that
have been… injuries and their families… every day. |
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BOF RIGHT:
Peter Rudland, former Commando @ 14.32 |
PETER RUDLAND Things happen. Nothing ever goes perfectly.
Um, unfortunately in this case, you know, it it's a catastrophic event, um,
but it's still, you know, things happen. |
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BOF LEFT:
GARRY ROBINSON, DSM, former commando @ 14.43 |
GARRY ROBINSON I have nothing against Trevor or the other
pilot that was in the aircraft at all. Just a freak accident that’s all it
was. After two months in ICU, um, I was moved to Mt. Wilga Hospital in
Hornsby. |
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Katrina,Kelly,Gary in Mt wilga physio room-the three walk into the room |
S/U
Kelly: 01.51.35 Kelly: Probably still got
your indent or |
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BOF RIGHT: KELLY GERRARD, occupational therapist @15.19 |
KELLY
GERARD When Gary
arrived, I said, you know, "Hi, Gary. My name's Kelly Gerard. S// Garry;A lot of pain and anxiety Kelly:A lot
of hours on that table And he just
said, "Aw, hi. Nice to meet you." And, um, and said, "Aw, can
you just pass my sneakers cause, and we'll go for a run." He didn't
understand any of the injuries that he actually had,
from the brain injury. It had obviously affected his memory, um, quite, uh, significantly. |
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Photo-Garry
putting on nuts and bolts |
Garry I remember
a time she sat me in my wheelchair with the table in front of me and there'd
be a series of nuts and bolts and
I didn't have the coordination or the ability to screw a nut onto a simple
bolt. It was very hard. I mean, my whole military career I was in charge of
something or someone, having that taken away from you in a split second and thrown
back to the bottom of the barrel was hard to stomach. |
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KELLY GERRARD Katrina
never left Gary's side. She was here every single day without fail. She was
always there Initially there
was a lot of agitation and aggression from the brain damage.And that's gonna wear, that's gonna wear
you down./ but she had
to be there for Gary, she wanted to be there for Gary. |
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PETER RUDLAND I was a soldier for 28 years, I've seen a
lot of people get injured, you know, some of them catastrophically injured,
and a lot of their partners used to walk away. The worst the injury, the
quicker they left. She did everything for him. She was amazing. one of my
friends and I, we have a joke, um, that everybody should have a Katrina |
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Video-Garry
lifting leg leg with spokes onto bed |
KATRINA ROBINSON the doctors tried um, numerous different
procedures to get Gary's leg to mend. S/U You worked for that didn’t you But he was getting infections
with all the metal work that was put in. |
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head in hands SYNC |
GARRY
ROBINSON About a year after the accident they decided
to amputate my left leg. I felt very emotional because I tried so hard for so
long to save it |
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Garry
smiling |
KELLY GERRARD He
came back a few days later, just totally different look. |
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SYNC |
KATRINA ROBINSON His whole body just all, of sudden was not fighting infection, it
was just, like he just became healthier and he knew it was the best decision. |
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Video-close
up feet then Garry and physio |
Garry Hardest thing is when the left leg goes forward is
trying to judge the distance it goes too far forward. – Yes, gotta learn. |
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Video SYNC |
GARRY ROBINSON The biggest
challenge for me for learn-, learning to walk again was, uh, the balance and coordination. |
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Vid- MtWilgagarrywalksthumbsup |
00.07 Kelly: Come on, unreal |
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SYNC Vid- MtWilgagarrywalksthumbsup |
KELLY
GERRARD Seeing Gary walk for the first time was
incredible. You know |
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Vid-MtWilgagarphsingKatwheelchairKat |
S/U
0.02 Kel; So
cool Katrina: It
feels like he’s going fast. |
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GARRY
ROBINSON 01.23.52
After two years in hospital they spoke to me and said
look it’s time for you to go to home and try a new rehabilitation system
closer to your home. |
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S/U
0.49 yay |
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Sequence-Garry
goes to window and looks out Close-up
Garry’s face Katrina
setting table |
KATRINA ROBINSON Garry, he
didn't really cope with um, being home. he found |
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and then close-up Garry’s face SYNC |
GARRY ROBINSON I was breaking TVs and punching
walls. Or punching windscreens of cars and smashing windscreens |
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BOF LEFT:
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, The Duke of Sussex @ 19:38 |
DUKE OF SUSSEX The invisible injuries, the mental health
injuries are the ones that they’re invisible to us we don’t understand. And
what we don’t understand scares us. Just the way that you are, your whole
personality can sometimes change, for a period of time
or for the rest of your life. So, you’re constantly having to explain to
somebody why you don’t want to go on the underground why you don’t want to be
in small enclosed spaces or |
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BOF RIGHT:
KATRINA ROBINSON, wife @ 20:04 |
KATRINA It was tense at home
but I knew that this wasn't Garry at his normal state and this was you know,
the brain injury and he just needed help. |
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KATRINA LETHBRRIDGE The
accident in itself, I t seemed that it was playing a
lot on Garry's mind People had
put together parts of the accident for him because he had no memory of it and
it was a traumatic memory that he had |
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BOF RIGHT:
KATRINA LETHBRIDGE, Occupational therapist @ 20.33 |
KATRINA LETHERIDGE Garry started to talk more and more and more about
wanting to get back on a Blackhawk and I
guess re-experience something that had been very traumatic for him but in a
positive way. |
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GARRY ROBINSON It took me a long time to get close enough to
physically touch one let alone be on board one I had to go through processes
of being physically and emotionally ready to board an aircraft. |
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Garry
close-up face and leans in |
GARRY ROBINSON Normally I’ve got a team of guys
around me, so, being in there alone and all those memories of them being
there was very tough. |
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sitting shot through chopper |
KATRINA
LETHBRIDGE He got to
the, the stage where he really wanted to go for a flight. So
they put steps in place to take Garry and also his family. |
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GARRY ROBINSON Flying
over Sydney Harbour. I was more happy looking at the
eyes of Katrina and the kids. That's where I got my enjoyment from. |
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BOF LEFT:
BERNADETTE PETZEL, physiotherapist @ 21.46 |
BERNIE PLETZ The
ride was a really big turning point for Garry, but
he was still lacking some drive and, and being able to set goals. |
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KATRINA LETHBRIDGE So we, as a team, came up with an idea that we thought
might work for Garry in finding that sort of drive and that motivation. |
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BOF LEFT:
GARRY ROBINSON, DSM, former commando @ 22:11 |
GARRY ROBINSON Katrina called me into her
office and said "look, how would you like to apply for the Invictus games?"And I said, "what? What's the Invictus
games?" She said "it's a gaming event run
by Prince Harry," and I had no idea what it was...I hadn't heard of it. |
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BOF RIGHT:
CARLY ROBINSON, daughter @ 22:17 TOF SUPER:
Invictus Games, London 2014 @ 22:24 |
CARLY ROBINSON It
all happened very quickly from when we heard about the Games and then the
next day we were packing for the Games. |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im-5ey1-siY Opening
ceremony |
Duke of
Sussex Over the past 8 years I have
witnessed the whole cycle of life changing injury |
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SYNC |
Duke of
Sussex The Invictus
games came about 2007 2008 I flew back from Afghanistan early and on that
same plane with three critically injured soldiers all UK guys and the coffin
of a Danish soldier underneath as well. And that kind of that hit me quite
hard to see the injuries these guys had sustained and also that war ultimately has its price.
Then a few years later I ended up going to the Warrior Games in America.
Three hundred competitors using sport as part of their recovery. And there
was no media no families it was just them but I
could see on their face the impact that sport was having so there and then
the Invictus games was half stolen from the Americans and said what they’ve
done here is absolutely amazing What if we could do this internationally. Let’s
recover together and not just the individuals themselves but also the
families, so within nine months we managed to we
created the Invictus games. |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im-5ey1-siY Opening
ceremony |
Welcome to the Games, welcome to Invictus. |
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Photos
SYNC |
GARRY ROBINSON Meeting
Prince Harry for the very first time, I still can remember that day. For
me I just thought, wow, why am I here how did I get here? |
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of Harry with the family - hard drive |
CARLY ROBINSON When
you first met him, you do feel star-struck, but once he starts talking, you're kind of like, "Oh he's just like everyone
else.
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Photo-London
medals |
GARRY
ROBINSON When I
first arrived for the games, I
had no idea what I was involved in, or Sound up: Representing Australia, Garry Robinson. |
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GARRY ROBINSON For me,
competing was something I needed And the old Garry was still there so
being around these other athletes for me gave me that sense of belonging again. I remember watching people on the sporting
track...guys with no
arms, or no arm and no leg, and just seeing what they can do. They may have
come last, but the expression on their face, and the emotion spilling out on
the track was...you can't get that anywhere else. |
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THE DUKE OF SUSSEX We’ve had
people you know, sending in emails, thousands of civilians who have broken
backs, who have broken collar bones whatever it is something that has put
them on their sofa for a period of weeks or month. And they’ve written in
saying, thank you, I have just watched somebody who should be dead run the hundred
metres and that has given me a whole new lease of life. |
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medalkat SYNC |
KATRINA LETHRIDGE He really
was a changed person after that first Invictus. I was here
the day he walked into the health centre. He had his Invictus gear on and
his, was wearing one of his medals. And he had no crutches, no wheelchair,
and you could just see that he was confident. |
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SYNC |
GARRY ROBINSON It wasn't long until they
announced that the next Invictus games would be in Orlando. |
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Sound up Oh message,
from Michelle, let’s have a look. Priince Harry, remember when you told us to
bring it for the Invictus Games Careful what
you wish for. Boom Boom really. Please. Boom |
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GARRY I put my application form in |
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SYNC Photo-orlandoninvictusgarpetecycl-ing,
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orlandoinvictusetergar2 |
PETER RUDLAND Initially
we weren’t competitive you know Like we went there, we were like, the token
guys, you know, turning up. We went, we rode, we didn't do very well at all,
but we liked it. |
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Photo_Harry 3 Photo_Harry 5 SYNC |
KATRINA ROBINSON We've met
Prince Harry now a few times over the last few years |
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TOF:
Canberra, July 2018 @ 27.43 |
KATRINA ROBINSON Through the Invictus Games, Gary is become
a little bit known. |
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Brendan Nelson: And here of course in person as well as on the banners
in front of the memorial behind me is Garry Robinson. KATRINA
ROBINSON Recently they had an event in Canberra, and there
was a banner that was put up at the Australian war memorial. |
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Brendan Nelson One hundred days out from Invictus we have Garry
Robinson the commando we have Garry Robinson the Invictus athlete. Unconquered. |
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BRENDAN NELSON It was an extremely emotional event for all
of us to have him and Katrina there in front of the War Memorial. Wonderful
stuff |
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DUKE OF SUSSEX the Invictus games with a lot of help with
a lot of support and the British public absolutely loved it in 2014 and now
it’s grown onto Sydney in 2018. |
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Garry
in chair being interviewed |
Sound up, archive question to Garry: Q. And
if there was one message you might like to communicate to the rest of the
country what would that be? GARRY:
Game on down unde, it would be game on down under. |
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GARRY ROBINSON The last twelve months for me
has been the best twelve months I had in my life. Um, the recovery that I've
been through to the announcement of my two daughters being pregnant. And my
son, who has now joined the army, is following his father's footsteps in the
military career. |
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PETER RUDLAND it's been nearly eight years since the crash
now. You know, it's been a real rollercoaster for his family |
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Sound up: Do you want to hold the baby? I’ve
got to do it up. |
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GARRY ROBINSON Once I wished I had died in the accident with the
injuries that I had. But now, today, after what I been through, and what I've
been involved in, I am glad I am here and still alive. The thing that I'm looking forward to the most is, me and my new grandchildren, and to be with my kids and seeing
them have kids and seeing my family grow into what it is, today. So, I'm still here for a reason. That's why. |
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The 2nd commando regiment and the SAS were awarded a Battle Honour
for their “outstanding performance in the Shah Wali
Kot Offensive” during 2010. 2#
The Invictus Games will be held in Sydney from October 20-27 |