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Opening up exclusively to cnn about that very day that changed everything for them. cnn s chief pentagon correspondent barbara starr sat down with the martinez family. i m pushing through it every day. it s difficult to go through the pain, but you have to look forward. reporter: for 18-year-old kiani martinez, her brothers and sisters, there is utter devastation beyond the pain of burns, shrapnel and broken bones. their mother, gayle, was killed. all four children and their father, air force colonel cado martinez, were among the americans critically wounded in the march isis suicide bomber attack on the brussels airport. lieutenant colonel martinez was just back from afghanistan. they d been waiting to check in for a flight to go on vacation. local media are reporting an ....
Independent, having been prepared for everything by your parents and then trying to learn for yourself what the real world is like. the real world slapped me in the face on march 22nd. and i m not going to forget that. reporter: kianni was supposed to be in college by now. when i heard news that i was awarded an air force rotc scholarship, the first person i told was mama. and she was so proud. it s tough. reporter: lieutenant colonel martinez now raising four children on his own, grieving his wife and recovering from his own injuries. photos of happier times with gayle in europe while lieutenant colonel martinez held a nato job. i later learned that i took most of the shrapnel, if not all of the shrapnel, because my son ....