The Australian Women’s Weekly New Zealand Edition — May 2017

[ Inspiring]

MAY 2017 51

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t was immediate and forever life

changing,” Cameron Bloom says

of the accident that left his wife,

Sam, twisted and bleeding on a

concrete pavement four years

ago and ultimately changed their

family and lives.

“To this day, I remember looking

back at one of our boys, who said, ‘Is

Mum going to die?’ and seeing terror

all over his face,” says Cameron, 45,

a professional photographer.

He also recalls the tense wait in

a far-flung Thai hospital, the tears

and sleepless nights that followed.

Thankfully, Sam stabilised and

improved. But she’d never walk again.

When she returned to the family’s

Sydney home, Sam, now 45, fell apart.

Before the accident she had led an

active, vibrant life and the reality of

what she had lost weighed heavily on

her. Cam, who is not religious, found

himself praying.

It was during this time that son

Noah found a baby magpie who had

Penguin and Sam’s story is being made

into a film starring Naomi Watts as Sam.

It will be shot in Australia and Thailand.

Right: Oliver,
Rueben, Cameron,
Sam and Noah
with Penguin.

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