as angie goff reports, ken gemmell's bond with his daughter has only gone stronger as they discover pieces of the past they had thought they wanted to forget. >> reporter: it's a routine morning for most. but another day when ken is trying to keep up. >> getting her hair back into a ponytail is a challenge. >> reporter: this past year was incredibly painful for ken, who suddenly found himself raising a child alone. >> the biggest blessing i have is having my daughter around. without her it would have been just hard to move on, just knowing that everything i used to have is gone. at least i have her to kind of remind me of my wife and my other kids. >> reporter: on december 8th, 2014, while ken was at work, a plane crashed near their gaithersburg home. the wing hit his house, setting it on fire. he lost his wife, a daughter, and a son he barely got to know. almost a year later, this grieving foather and daughter ae finding peace by revisiting the past. >> she asks, why don't we do memories again? usually when we're getting closer to halloween we talk about all the halloween costume themes w