man who delivered the eulogy was none other than the officer who raced erika to the hospital, steve kelseyalso served as a minister in a local church. >> and it was so moving and personal because he had been on the scene. >> reporter: but for jessie halladay, a crime reporter for the louisville journal, what elevated this story was little erika. >> the public concern from the very beginning was always that there was was a 2-year-old involved. >> reporter: after nearly two weeks in the hospital, erika was well enough to move to nearby frasier rehabilitation institute. what had been second nature to her, walking and talking had to be relearned. running and talking back and forth and being a playful kid again. erika's sister was worried. erika had lost sight in her right eye forever and ebony was afraid she would never be her old self. what was different? >> she didn't run or play and talk as much. she was still quiet. >> reporter: no idea why her sister and mother were shot, ebony and her grandparents remained fearful. >> reporter: you must have been worried like who did this and where are t

reach the car, they handed her to two ems firefighters in the backseat and now retired officer steve kelsey jumped behind the wheel. >> go as fast as you can go. he said go! >> kelsey gunned it for the three-mile trip to the hospital in downtown louisville. >> i kept driving and i'm thinking about my own kids. it could have been any of our children. we're all fathers. >> the nbc station, wave tv, captured the dramatic final moments of the high-speed motorcade as it made the left turn toward the hospital with traffic, officer kelsey said the ride can take up to 15 minutes. >> how long did it take you? >> about two, three minutes. >> across town, another part of the story was unfolding inside this house. all day long, harold harper and his wife, judith, were wondering why they couldn't reach their daughter, earon, and their 2-year-old granddaughter, erica. harold, a retired factory worker and judith, a homemaker, talked to their daughter nearly every day. so, the silence was strange. then the tv news flashed on. >> first here at 7:00 -- >> it said there had been a shooting down on wilson aven