A nine-year-old boy who survived the horrific Sea World helicopter crash in Australia was on Thursday, December 5 taken off life support after waking up from a coma.
According to doctors attending to Leon de Silva who had joined his Kenyan mother, Winnie de Silva, in Australia for a reunion is now in stable condition in hospital.
Leon was taken off life support in Queensland Children's Hospital in Brisbane after spending three days fighting for his life after two helicopters collided during a joyride around the Gold Coast on Monday, January 2.
'It's a bloody miracle,' a Queensland Health spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia.
Julie, Leon's sister who had been at her brother's bedside since the accident, was the one who witnessed the miracle as her brother responded to her consolation with a thumbs up.
"It wasn’t a full thumbs up, he could only lift it halfway but that was fantastic news," she indicated.
This was after Julie had connected Leon to his mother via FaceTime as the nurses indicated that the boy was able to hear everything they were saying.
The nine-year-old and his mother were among the three survivors of the crash and were both rushed to separate hospitals.
Leon was placed in an induced coma after sustaining serious injuries - including a fractured skull - following the accident that left pilot Ash Jenkinson and three other passengers dead.
The nine-year-old had moved to Australia a year ago to live with his mother, who is originally from Kenya.
His stepfather indicated to the press that the family was on a budget holiday on the Gold Coast when the pair decided to go on the joyride.
Another injured boy, 10-year-old Nicholas Tadros - whose mother Vanessa, 36, was killed in the crash - remains on life support.
