up, and started to talk to her family. in the icu, erica was feisty, and combative. her neurosurgeon, dr. moriarty, said that was a positive sign. her brain was rebooting. did you pray a lot? yes. judith was the most religious and the family. one week after surgery, her prayers, and unshakable faith, were answered. erica s condition was upgraded, from critical, to fair. she looked bad, but i never dwelled on her not making it. now, the family needs to turn its focus to the one who did not make it. erica s mom. on may 25th, 2006, one week after she was gunned down, earon harper family, gathered for the eulogy. the man who led the eulogy was the only one who raised her to
names to check out and repeatedly offered to assist police in any way he could. i ll help you to help you find whoever did this. back at children s hospital, erica was now in the icu holding on for life her heartbroken grandparents and big sister stood barely vigil it was horrible, i remember that that wasn t her, that wasn t erica ebony took a very hard. 14 years older, she d been like a second mother to erica in fact, erica actually called her mommy by day four in the icu, erica s family was seeing signs of hope doctors believed erica was strong enough to remove her breathing tube. now, it was time to see how she would do on her own. i was rubbing her hand and she opened her eyes like a little bit. and she said, mommy and everybody was like, oh my goodness, she s speaking. well erica had taken the first small steps towards recovery, there was a big sign
are you ready for me are you ready are you ready your record label is taking off. but so is your sound engineer. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire i m pretty cynical, saw, i was not really sure what s the long term effect was going to be. one year after ercot was left dead, reporter jesse holiday made a house call to erika s grandparents house. a checkup of sorts. with erica being so young and with their grandparents raising her, and there was so much interest to begin, with we wanted to go back and see how she was doing. erica had jessie at hello.
get her home from the hospital. it was a home she already knew. grandparents, judith and harold harper were waving away to their goal free wears not knowing what s shape she would be, and not knowing what mental state should be. erica s father had never been a big part of her life. so the court granted judith full custody of erica and her baby sister. you worked your whole life. yeah. especially your time, to kick your feet up yeah. but that s not for you. that doesn t bother me a bit, now men and my husband were a little different. it didn t turn out exactly like i thought it would because well, you know the, reason the children and stuff for years before the shooting, harold had retired from his longtime meatpacking job, expecting to ride his hardly into the
the hospital, steve kelsey, who served as a minister in the local church. it was so moving, and personal, because he had been on the scene. for jesse holiday, then a crime reporter for the louisville career journal, one elevated the story was simple. little erika. the public concern, from the beginning, was that there was a two-year-old involved. after nearly two weeks in hospital, erica was well enough to move to nearby frazier rehabilitate of institute. but, the hard work was just beginning. the brain injury had damaged her ability to walk, and talk. what had been second nature to her, needed to be re-learned. running, talking back and forth, and being a playful kid again. erica sister, who knew her best, was worried. erica had lost sight in her right eye forever. ebony was afraid, she would never be her old self again. what was different? she didn t run, or play, or