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Get to the Garden by bus using CityLink route #12. Archived Board Meeting Dates and Agenda Packets.TODAYĮven after death, Bloom has remained a vibrant presence in his family's lives. Bloom was known for going into some of the world's most dangerous places, including the war in Iraq, to bring important stories to NBC viewers. "A moment in time that really changed our family, and having a physical piece of that is really meaningful," Ava Bloom said.Īlexander also gave them a firsthand look at the famed "Bloom-mobile," the one-of-a-kind armored vehicle Bloom helped design as a mobile news unit that helped him report from the war's front lines. He returned to Iraq and brought home a bottle of sand from near where their father had died. TODAYīloom's daughters also are thankful for a memento given to them by their father's former NBC soundman, Bobby Lapp. "It’s so nice to know he heard each one of our voices.” While the world knew him as an intrepid reporter, Bloom is remembered by his family as a loving and doting father. "I’m so grateful that he was able to talk to each one of the girls within 24 hours of losing his life," Melanie said. "And yes, my dear sweet girls, when I’m a little bit scared, I promise you I will remember you and your mom, and I will know in my heart just how much you love me to the moon and back, right? Love, daddy.” "So when you’re missing me as I am missing you, remember to say a prayer for all the other boys and girls who are missing their mommies and daddies, too," Nicole Bloom said he told them. They can still remember his last message to them. "He would carry the three of us up the staircase with a twin under each arm and me on his shoulders," Ava Bloom said. David Bloom's twin daughters, Christine and Nicole Bloom, and his youngest daughter, Ava Bloom, spoke with Peter Alexander about their father's legacy. While he was known for a boyish enthusiasm that carried him through momentous reporting assignments like the 9/11 attacks and the war in Iraq, his girls remember him as a loving and devoted father. The twins were 9 when he died and Ava Bloom was 3, and they cherish the short time they were able to spend with their doting dad. His widow, Melanie, has since become a leading advocate in raising awareness about DVT, as the clot in Bloom’s leg was likely brought on by spending long days and nights cramped inside armored vehicles. TODAYīloom died at 39 on April 6, 2003, when a blood clot in his leg traveled to an artery in his lungs to cause a fatal pulmonary embolism, as a result of a condition known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT). "After he passed, I had like recurring dreams that he was coming back down the street in that town car and he was coming home again.” David Bloom's twin daughters were only 9 and his youngest daughter was only 3 when he died tragically at 39 while reporting in Iraq for NBC News in 2003. "He hugged us all goodbye, and then he got in his black town car and drove down the street. "We were all huddled in our in front entryway of our house and we all held hands in a circle and said the Our Father," Christine Bloom said. The girls remembered back to that time and shared the last time they saw their father in an interview with NBC News White House correspondent Peter Alexander on TODAY to mark the 20th anniversary of Bloom's death.
