Double tragedy: Christchurch woman reveals in new book how she survived death of husband, son within 16 days 10 Mar, 2021 02:34 AM 6 minutes to read NZ Herald When Christchurch woman Julie Zarifeh lost her husband to pancreatic cancer she never imagined that 16 days later she would also lose her son in a tragic rafting accident. The family's grief was immense and at the time Julie Zarifeh told the Herald she felt she would not "ever truly be happy again". "To experience both ends of the grief spectrum in a two-week period – the very sad but anticipated bereavement of Paul, but then the acute, tragic, shock loss of eldest son Sam – is truly indescribable," she said.