>> Anchor: FIVE YEARS A
NIGHTMARE.
SAL CIPRIANO ALMOST BEAT TO
DEATH BY HIS BROTHER.
BRUTALLY BEATEN.
TODAY DREAMS COME TRUE.
THROWING OUT FIRST PITCH AT THE
TIGERS GAME.
SAL CYPRIANO REMARKABLE RECOVERY
CONTINUES.
>>Anchor: 47 CHILL CHAIR TO
RUNNING 5K.
NOW TAKING SAME FIELD AS TIGERS.
QUITE THE AFTERNOON.
KAREN DREW H INSPIRATIONAL
STORY.
YES?
>> Reporter: IT IS A DAY HE
FIVE.
TO THROW OUT THE FIRST PITCH AT
A TIGERS GAME.
BUT THIS IS NOT JUST A DREAM OF
A LITTLE BOY.
IT IS A DREAM OF A SURVIVOR.
>> THIS IS HUGE EVERY DAY WE
HAVE BEEN OUT.
TRAINING WITH TRAINERS.
>> Reporter: IT IS FACT HE CAN
WALK IS A MIRACLE.
IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN HE
INJURY.
HE COULD NOT WALK.
COULD NOT TALK.
HIS OUTLOOK WAS BLEAK.
AND THEN AFTER DETERMINATION AND
NEW DOCTOR.
HIS RECOVERY HAS BEEN
MIRACULOUS.
>> FOLLOW THAT DOT FOR ME.
>> Reporter: WE HAVE BEEN
FOLLOWING THE PROGRESS ALL ALONG
THE WAY.
>> HAVE YOU WALK OUT RIGHT WHERE
THE DUGOUT STARTS.
>> Reporter: KNEW HIS WISH WAS
TO THROW OUT FIRST PITCH.
SO WE CALLED THE TIGERS.
AND MADE IT HAPPEN.
>> HE HAS BEEN PRACTICING HARD
TO MAKE IT OVER THE PLATE.
EASY HAS BEEN DOING IT.
>> Reporter: HIS FAMILY HAS
WAY.
GUIDING.
AND EVERYONE ADMITS TODAY THEY
ARE NERVOUS BUT NOT SAL.
>> STEP OVER THE CHALK LINES.
>> Reporter: LOUDNESS OF THE
PARK.
CAN BE INTIMIDATING.
THERE ARE PICTURES TO BE TAKEN.
WITH FAMILY.
FRIENDS.
AND, O PAUSE.
THAT'S SAL'S DOCTOR.
HERE TO SEE FOR HIMSELF WHAT HIS
FOR.
>> YOU CAN ALWAYS MOVE CLOSER.
IF YOU GET OUT THERE.
TOO FAR.
UP TO YOU.
ALL ABOUT YOU.
>> Reporter: ROSE TRIES TO
CENTER HER SON'S ATTENTION.
AS HE GETS INSTRUCTIONS.
>> WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME.
THEN YOU WARM UP.
GET IT TOGETHER.
♪ ♪.
>> Reporter: THEN IT IS TIME.
HIS TWIN BROTHER BY HIS SIDE TO
GUIDE THE WAY AS HE DOES PROTECT
IS BROTHER.
THEY WALK TO THE MOUND TOGETHE
[APPLAUSE]
>> Reporter: HE DID IT.
THAT'S NOT THE END.
THERE IS MORE PHOTOS.
ASSIGNED BASEBALL AND FEELING NO
ONE CAN GIVE YOU.
YOU HAVE TO EARN IT.
YOU ACHIEVED E ACHIEVED YOUR
DREAM.
>> WAS YOUR HEART RACING.
>> I WAS NERVOUS.
I WANTED HIM TO SLOW DOWN AND
ENJOY THE MOMENT.
HE WANT IT -- ANOTHER THROW FOR
HIM LIKE ANY OTHER TIME ON
BASEBALL FIELD.
ALL.
IT IS ON VIDEO TO ENJOY IT
LATER.
>> THREW A SLIDER.
>> Reporter: DAY DOES NOT END
THERE.
SAL HAS A SUITE FILLED WITH
FRIENDS.
SOME FROM KINDERGARTENER.
AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY WAITING
TO CELEBRATE.
>> WHAT DOES THIS DAY MEAN FOR
HIM.
>> GOOD MEMORIES.
CELEBRATION.
>> IF WE WENT BACK AND TOLD HIS
YOUNGER SELF HE WOULD BE
THROWING AT COMERICA PARK.
WHAT WOULD HE HAVE SAID?
HE SAID PROBABLY WOULD NOT
BELIEVE IT.
>> A DAY HE WILL NEVER FORGET.
GOES TO PROVE MIRACLES DO
HAPPEN.
>> I TOLD YOU WHAT AN AFTERNOON.
>>YEAH, REALLY.
DREAMS COME TRUE.
TALK ABOUT DETERMINATION.
MEAN DOING SO WELL.
>> GOING BACK TO WHEN IT
HAPPENED.
TOLD US IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE.