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Jim’s back
“One day at a time” for shooting victim By Sophie Iremonger
Jim Zheng is back at the helm of the Karapiro Café and Gifts store, four months after being shot there. “I think I’m lucky I didn’t die,” the 48-year-old told the Cambridge News. Zheng revealed he still had a bullet lodged in his head as a result of the Anzac Day shooting. Doctors, who have been surprised at the speed of his recovery, say it would be too dangerous to remove it. He says his focus now is taking one day at a time as he picks up light jobs around the roadside café, which he has owned with wife Cindy for three years. He is committed to keeping the business going. “It is a change for me, before I thought I could do every job in the shop, I liked to be fast, but now I have to be slower. I just need to carry on. That’s what the family needs to go ahead. “We have three children, we need to support the family. We’ll just see what happens next.” Zheng continues to have numbness on the front left side of his head, and occasional memory mixups. He had considered returning to Auckland, or closer to Cambridge, where recovery could be better supported - but he’s found a place in the Karapiro community as the fourth owner of the 50-year-old café and doesn’t want to leave. “I want to stay here, but this is a hard time for us.” Jim said his customers and the community had been very supportive, leaving flowers and messages of support. Continued on page 3
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