He was their miracle baby: Horseshoe Bay rallies around family after 4-year-old killed – BC [Video]

All Silvana de Oliveira Schramm ever wanted was to become a mom.

She and Cilneu Machado had met in her hometown in Brazil and she had moved to Canada in 2014 before they got married.

They welcomed what Machado called “their one per cent miracle baby” Leonardo in 2021.

The little boy was killed last week at a bus stop in Horseshoe Bay when he, his mother and a family friend were returning from a day trip to Bowen Island.

The collision happened around 3:30 p.m. on May 28, at the bus stop just outside the BC Ferries foot passenger ticket booth. Witnesses say a TransLink bus jumped the curb, striking several people.

Schramm remains in the hospital where she is sedated.

Theresa Morrison, owner of AJ’s Brooklyn Pizza Joint where Machado works, has organized a GoFundMe for the family and has been in constant contact with them.

“He’s obviously not doing well,” she said of Machado.

“Silvana’s still quite intensive right …