>> THEY SAY TIME HEALS ALL
WOUNDS.
WHAT ABOUT WHEN WOUNDS COME AT
THE HANDS OF YOUR OLDEST SON AND
BROTHER?
ARMED WITH A BASEBALL BAT.
AND SEEKING DRUG MONEY.
APRIL OF 2012 THE CIPRIANO
FAMILY WOULD WAKE UP TO A
NIGHTMARE.
A BRUTAL ATTACK BY TUCKER
CIPRIANO AND HIS FRIEND.
AN ATTACK THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF
HIS FATHER BOB AND SEVERELY
INJURE HIS BROTHER SAL.
AND MOTHER ROSE.
AND TODAY, TUCKER IS SERVING
LIFE SENTENCE AND FATHER'S
MEMORY LIVES ON AND SAL, AND
ROSE, CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS
IN THEIR RECOVERY AND MOVE ON.
>> TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE THAT NIGHT.
SAL AND ROSE SIT DOWN WITH
DEFENDER KAREN DREW TO TALK
ABOUT THE STRENGTH IT TAKES TO
MOVE FORWARD.
>> Reporter: ROSE CIPRIANO HAS
NEVER DONE AN INTERVIEW ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER FAMILY THAT
NIGHT OF APRIL OF 2012.
NOW SHE IS READY TO TALK.
AND WANTS TO TALK ABOUT RECOVERY
AND HOPE.
>> WHEN I WAKE UP EVERY DAY.
I HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE.
WHERE DO WE GO WITH THIS.
POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE.
>> ROSE SIP I DID HAS SEVEN
PLATES IN THE FACE.
SEVEN IN THE HEAD.
IN A COMA FOR TWO WEEKS AFTER
THE ATTACK.
AT ONE POINT DOCTORS DID NOT
BUT SHE DID.
SO MANY THERAPIES YOU CAN TRY.
>> Reporter: ROSE AND
22-YEAR-OLD SON SAL ARE HERE.
AT THE DOCTOR LIMO BRAIN CENTER
IN WINDSOR.
>> THAT'S IT.
>> Reporter: BEFORE THEY
ARRIVED THIS WAS SAL.
IN A WHEELCHAIR.
WITH A FEEDING TUBE.
HE HAD A RIGHT SKULL FRACTURE.
BRAIN INJURY, LOSS OF HEARING IN
SEIZURES.
AFTER THREE YEARS OF THERAPY.
THIS IS SAL.
WEIGHT LIFTING AND WATCH CLOSELY
YOU CAN SEE A GRIN THERE.
THIS YOUNG MAN SIMPLY WILL NOT
GIVE UP.
HE IS PRACTICING HIS FAVORITE
SPOR BASEBALL.
SAL CANNOT SPEAK YET.
BUT CAN COMMUNICATE BY TYPING
THE PHONE.
MONTHS.
>> Reporter: WHEN I ASKED HIM
WHAT PUSHES HIM TO RECOVER.
>> I SUC IT UP.
SERIOUS.
>> MY MAIN MOTIVATION WAS MY DAD
BECAUSE HE NEVER COMPLAINED.
>> Reporter: SO HOW IS THIS
SON AND HIS MOTHER ABLE TO MAKE
SUCH RECOVERIES?
DOCTORS IN THE STATES TOLD THEM.
>> THAT PRETT MUCH SAL AND I
WERE AT THE LEVEL.
PLATEAU.
AND IT IS PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE
WERE BEFORE WE GOT IN HERE AND
THAT'S IT.
>> MY FIRST IMPRESSION WHEN I
FIRST SAW SAL IS OVERWHELMING.
>> PHYSICALLY USING A
WHEELCHAIR.
HE HAD FEEDING TUBE.
HE HAD AN ASSISTANT.
AND A LOT OF DROOLING.
HIS EYES WERE NOT WHERE THEY
SHOULD BE.
AND JUST LOOKED LIKE A --
SOMEBODY THAT NEEDED HELP.
>> FOLLOW THAT DOT.
>> FIRST GOAL WAS JUST TO GET
REFLEXES WORKING.
HAVING TO MOVE THE FINGERS ON
COMMAND WHEN HE IS SUPPOSED TO.
EYES WHEN HE SHOULD.
>> Reporter: KEY TO RECOVERY
DR. LIMO SAID IS EYES.
AN EXTENSION OF THE BRAIN.
>> EYES ARE VERY IMPORTANT
MECHANISM OF HUMAN USING
FUNCTIONALLY TO IDENTIFY LESIONS
AND STRUCTURES THAT ARE NOT WORK
SOAKING HOT.
EXERCISES DOCTOR COULD IDENTIFY
PROBLEM SPOTS IN THE BRAIN.
FEBRUARY.
>> Reporter: WORK THAT MUSCLE
IN THE BRAIN WITH EYE THERAPY IN
THE OFFICE AND EYE EXERCISES
FOUR TIMES A DAY AT HOME.
THEY SAW IMPROVEMENT.
THEY DO BALANCE EXERCISES.
>> I GOT YOU.
>> Reporter: WHICH ARE
TERRIBLY EXHAUSTING FOR SAL BUT
HE NEVER QUITS.
>> BY FURTHEST THE STRONGEST
NO DOUBT.
>> Reporter: NOW HE IS
WALKING.
>> TO SEE THE GAIT CHANGE.
IT IS HUGE.
COMING BACK.
HE WILL RECOVER TO A DIFFERENT
POINT.
>> BECAUSE OF DR. LIMO I WAS
INDEPENDENCE BACK.
>> Reporter: THERE IS STILL A
LONG ROAD AHEAD.
GEE HAS SEIZURES.
AND SEIZURES WILL CHANGE A LOT
OF THINGS HE IS ABLE TO DO.
SO THAT CREATES STARTING ALL
OVER AGAIN SITUATION.
I AM NOT GOING TO GIVE UP.
BUT I ALSO CAN GET EMOTIONAL.
HEALING.
TANNER THE TWIN WILL GRADUATE
FROM NOTRE DAME THIS WEEKEND.
ISABELLA IS NOW 13.
SHE SPENDS HER FREE TIME IN
VOLLEYBALL AND DRAMA.
THEN THE OTHER SON.
TUCKER.
THE ONE CONVICTED OF MURDER
SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE.
ROSE SAID THEY HAVE CONTACT
THROUGH LETTERS.
>> ROSE WENT ON TO SAY THAT
FAMILY.
AND HAS REGULAR CONTACT.
FRIENDS.
ALTHOUGH WE WILL NEVER FULLY
UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED OR WHY.
THE HEALTH AND HEALING OF OUR
FAMILY INCLUDES TUCKER AS WELL.
THE EMOTIONAL RECOVERY WILL TAKE
YEARS IF IT CAN BE ACHIEVED
RECOVERY.
AND LOOK AT THIS.
SAL JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO
PRACTICING RUNNING.
HIS GOAL TO RUN THE CIPRIANO
CLASSIC 5K RACE IN JUNE.
TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR HIS
FAMILY'S MEDICAL EXPENSES.
>> HE IS DETERMINED.
SO AM I.
BECAUSE MY WISH AS A MOM IS THAT
HE HAS HIS INDEPENDENCE.
AND GETS HIS LIFE BACK TO MORE
US NOW.
>> Reporter: THAT RACE IS
FRIDAY JUNE 9.
WE HAVE POSTED ALL THE
INFORMATION ON THE RUN ON OUR
WEBSITE CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
FAMILY.
COVERED B INSURANCE BECAUSE