Years after brutal beating, DC family shares story of finding normalcy - WTOP Morning Headlines - Thursday, March 14, 2019

A man who was brutally attacked more than six years ago while walking home from a Washington Nationals game is working and living in D.C. again while coping with the challenges of living with a traumatic brain injury. Watch WTOP's interview with the Maslin family. [Logo](#) MORNING HEADLINES - March 14, 2019 [mobile-header-ad]( [alt text here]( [mobile-img]( [alt text here]( [Years after brutal beating, DC family shares story of finding normalcy]( A man who was brutally attacked more than six years ago while walking home from a Washington Nationals game is working and living in D.C. again while coping with the challenges of living with a traumatic brain injury. Watch WTOP's interview with the Maslin family. [mobile-img]( [alt text here]( [Boeing jet grounding cancels flights at Reagan National]( The middle-school students who had been visiting Washington since Sunday had been scheduled to return home on a Wednesday, 7 p.m. American Airlines flight that was among those canceled. 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