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 didn t give brittani any of the details out of concern it could create false memories. when people come out of this kind of trauma, they re not sure if this is a memory that they re remembering, or this is something that somebody s told them. if her memory were to come back, we wanted it to just be her memory. as she slowly learned to talk again, brittani seemed stuck in a loop of fear. she would
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 be anybody. when dateline continues. hwasher. finish. clean dishwasher. clean dishes.
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 seems so personal. this person seemed like he was full of rage. who was he? we never experienced that kind of imminent danger when dateline continues. anger when dateline continues
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. who she was friends with, what those relationships were who, who was in her phone, who the photos were, who she hung around with, what did she like to do? she was a very social girl. she was a very
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