A mum-of-three who broke her back after falling six metres off a balcony while on a family holiday in Thailand has since become a two-time World and Australian Para Surfing Champion.
Sam Bloom was 41 years old when she fell through a rotten balcony railing while on a family vacation in Thailand in 2013.
Ms Bloom plunged six metres onto the concrete below as her husband Cameron and children Rueben, 16, Noah, 14, Oli, 12, watched on in horror.
Her husband rushed to help but found her lying unconscious with her head split open. She’d also bitten through her tongue and a massive lump on her back could be seen.
Sam Bloom (pictured) was 41 years old when she fell through a rotten balcony while on a family vacation in Thailand in 2013
The mother-of-three (pictured) fractured her skull in several places, bruised her brain, bit through her tongue, ruptured both lungs and shattered two vertebrae in her spine, which left her paralysed from the chest down
Ms Bloom suffered…
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