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The father of a 10-year-old Sydney boy fighting for his life, after two helicopters collided in mid-air on the Gold Coast killing the child’s mother and three others, has asked for prayers for his son.
Tadros’ wife Vanessa Tadros, 36, also known as Vanessa Geagea, died after the two Sea World Helicopters aircraft hit each other in mid-air on Monday afternoon. That chopper, which was carrying six people including the four who died, lost its main rotor blades and crashed heavily onto a sandbar.
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