All that Silvana de Oliveira Schramm has always wanted is to become a mother.
She and Cilneu Machado had met in her hometown in Brazil and had moved to Canada in 2014 before getting married.
They welcomed what Machado called “their baby miracle to one percent” Leonardo in 2021.
The little boy was killed last week During a bus stop at Horseshoe Bay when he, his mother and a family friend returned from a day trip to Bowen Island.
The collision occurred around 3:30 p.m. on May 28, at the bus stop just outside the BC Ferries feet ticket tickets. Witnesses say that a Translink bus has jumped the sidewalk, hitting several people.
Schramm stays in the hospital where she is on sedation.
Theresa Morrison, owner of the Pizza Brooklyn’s Brooklyn joint where Machado works, organized a gofundme for the family and was in constant contact with them.
“He is obviously not well,” she said about Machado.
“Silvana is still quite intensive at the moment, so we pray for her in the coming days, especially. There have been a lot of trauma.”
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Morrison said Schramm had suffered fairly large injuries. The friend of the family who was with the mother and the son is also recovered but who was released from the hospital.
“(Machado) works a lot of jobs so that (Schramm) can stay at home and be simply with Leonardo,” Morrison told Global News. She said that they were only a happy family and that Machado worked several jobs to make sure that her family had everything they needed.
“They like to travel, they spent a lot of time in Brazil last year with his family there, as well as his family in Sao Paulo. But yes, they were simply very happy, very happy. ”
Morrison said that even if Machado was reluctant at the start to start a fundraising, he recognized the challenges from this tragedy and that he must be there to support his wife.
He also expressed his concern for the bus driver and anyone who witnessed the collision.
“He is an incredibly kind and compassionate man,” said Morrison about his employee.
“He is a man of deep faith. Believes in forgiveness and also understands that, you know, accidents occur and that there is no one to blame here.
“What he said was with tragedies, there are opportunities to learn, teach and support and that is really what he focused at the moment.”
Leonardo, four years old, and his mother, Silvana. Leonardo was killed in a tragic bus accident in Horseshoe Bay on May 28.
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Morrison said the community had increased significantly to provide family support.
“I think it affects a lot of people, you know, many of us have children and I think that kind of tragedy cannot have an impact,” added Morrison.
– with files from Simon Little and Taya Fast
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