![]() ![]() "I would have thought that assistance would have been there even out of compassion," Tadros said. Vanessa's funeral was paid for with the help of the Australian community, he said. He said the only direct communication he's had with Sea World Helicopters, which is a separate company to Sea World, was a single call, in which they offered condolences and counselling. READ MORE: Good news for Aussie family seeking life-saving treatment for girl with 'bubble baby disease' Financial Stress That's what Mummy wants from you." Simon Tadros' emotional interview with A Current Affair host Ally Langdon. He said his son then wanted to know what Vanessa's last words were, so he told him: "Mummy said you have to be strong, you have to be happy and you have to get better. ![]() "I said, 'listen, mummy had to go to Jesus' and he just looked at me and he goes … 'oh no, is mum dead?' I said, 'yes baby boy, mum passed away' and he just … turned his head and closed his eyes," Tadros said through tears. The dad said when his son finally did wake from his coma he had to break the devastating news that his mum had died. "Detectives came up to me and asked me for a photo of my wife and son and shortly later they came back to me and said, 'I'm sorry, your wife is one of the people that is deceased'," Tadros recalled, before they told him his son was going to be flown to hospital after regaining consciousness. He said he waited for two or three hours to find out which helicopter his family were in. "I heard a propeller just whistling … and by the time I quickly jumped up to go look at what was going on, there was one helicopter smashing the ground and the other helicopter was just landing … I don't know which helicopter was which," he said. The dad revealed he didn't see the moment the two helicopters collided, but he heard "a big bang". READ MORE: Aussies 'in limbo' after online retail giant takes over collapsed furniture company The moment the choppers collided (A Current Affair) Devastated father Simon Tadros has spoken out for the first time about the moment his wife was killed and his son was critically injured in the helicopter crash on January 2. ![]() "The day will come (where) my son and I will both be able to grieve her properly and I'll do that with my son," he said. Tears welled in the father's eyes when he was asked if he'd had a chance to grieve for his wife, but he told Langdon he was trying to just "focus" on his son. The dad said he's only been back to the home they all shared together once since the chopper crash and said returning to the house full of memories is going to be difficult. "Even leaving to go lay my wife to rest was, that was something … I know it had to be done," an emotional Tadros said. The father said he's been at his son's hospital bedside almost every day since and the only time he's left his son's side was for his wife's funeral. READ MORE: Seniors call for permanent legislation to earn money without penalty 'I haven't had a chance to grieve her' (A Current Affair) Nicholas and his late mother Vanessa Tadros. Nicholas and dad Simon Tadros pictured in hospital. The dad explained that it's been a lot for the young boy who's "grieving his mum" and admitted it's been "a daily struggle" for him too. He said Nicholas has had to have countless surgeries since the accident and he still faces amputation in his right leg. "The only thing I didn't think he broke was his right arm but everything else … how he survived is a miracle." ![]()
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