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Read. and i'd read, and she'd read. it's like reading to a toddler all over and teaching a child to read. >> but the attack on brittani was so brutal, dr. wright wasn't sure how far she'd get in her recovery. >> there was 25% of the brain she wasn't able to access that she used to be able to access. >> did you think she'd ever get her memory back? >> getting that memory back, most people don't ever. especially if it's a traumatic brain injury, if you're -- you don't usually remember. >> if brittani's memory did return her account of the attack could later be used as evidence. so dr. wright did...

>> but, somehow, brittani held on, and six weeks after the attack, against all odds, she finally opened her eyes. >> when brittani came to and she woke up, her eyes were blue like the ocean before. and they -- they were gray. and i kept thinking, "he took your light, oh my god, he took your light. " >> and in brittani's new, gray eyes, her family saw something else, fear. coming up -- >> who is this guy that hurt me? why did he hurt me? >> brittani and her family still haunted. >> your friends, your teachers, your boyfriend. >> so everybody's a possible suspect? >> it sounds crazy but it could...

I don't think any of us thought, that's brittani. >> what goes through your mind when you realize you may never have any moments with your sister again? this could be it. >> the moments you missed. brittani had a couple nights before asked me to go to a maroon 5 concert, and i was too all these moments. busy and i didn't tell her i loved her enough, and she didn't know how much she meant to me and i didn't tell her how much i appreciated her, and my son will not see her again. >> you are having a rehearsal for a death that has not happened. >> coming up -- who was brittani's attacker? >> this ...

Hands on the case, she would call my mom almost every day. >> you finally had hope? you finally had a whole. that they would find your attacker. >> i did. she goes after the evidence she's got. she goes after every. but >> brittani said that you would always sure that her case was at the top of the pile. i told her, that every time she called, me i'm looking at your case. it's right here. i'm not finding it away. i will never put it away. >> did you have an instant connection with brittani? >> i believe so. absolutely. >> gonterman immersed herself in brittani's world prior to the attack. >> w...

>> whenever we're in the house, the alarm was set constantly. no open windows. no open doors until we go out. our whole lifestyle changed. >> the marcells were terrified brittani had been attacked by someone who knew them and their routines, someone who might strike again. >> we just never experienced that kind of imminent danger. >> did you worry about them, that they could be targets, that they could go after one of them. he could try to finish off brittani? >> we don't know if britney was the original target. the fact that he didn't get identified, wasn't settling for anybody. >> they worke...