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Huge struggle. She is the definition of grit. She didnt give up. Hes hurting me. The details that she gave. It was unbelievable. She said, you did it. I said, no, you did. Route 66 once stretched across the southwest from one horizon to the next, going from what america was to what it wanted to be. Cities like albuquerque, new mexico, were celebrated stops along the journey. Today buildings that once lined this part of the iconic highway had faded and closed as the Cottonwood Mall became the new downtown. The mall was the big hangout. I met my husband at the mall. So did i. It has played a piv...

>> she is the definition of grit. >> she didn't give up. >> he's hurting me. >> the details that she gave. >> it was unbelievable. >> she said, you did it. i said, no, you did. route 66 once stretched across the southwest from one horizon to the next, going from what america was to what it wanted to be. cities like albuquerque, new mexico, were celebrated stops along the journey. today buildings that once lined this part of the iconic highway had faded and closed as the cottonwood mall became the new downtown. >> the mall was the big hangout. >> i met my husband at the mall. >> so di...

>> she is the definition of grit. >> she didn't give up. >> he's hurting me. >> the details that she gave. >> it was unbelievable. >> she said, you did it. i said, no, you did. route 66 once stretched across the southwest from one horizon to the next, going from what america was to what it wanted to be. cities like albuquerque, new mexico, were celebrated stops along the journey. today buildings that once lined this part of the iconic highway faded and closed as the cotton wood mall became the new downtown. >> the mall was the big hangout. >> i met my husband at the mall. >> so did...

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...

Those things done for her all over again. >> doctor wright, a neuropsychologist, practices what's known as "cognitive behavioral therapy. " >> we believe with practice, practice, practice, the brain can heal. >> which means teaching a head trauma patient to do one simple task over and over again until it becomes reflexive. >> because their brain is just not the same brain that that used to be. it's -- >> is it like rewiring the brain? >> absolutely. it is rewiring the brain. and so what do you do? you sit down, you do it with her until she's able to do it herself. >> brittani's brain injury wa...