Remember this story about the brutal attack on a Houston-area teen last spring? Well, the victim has returned to school on his own two feet.

A youth savagely beaten and assaulted with a pipe five months ago in Spring has recovered well enough to take classes at Klein Collins High School, his mother said Wednesday.

The 17-year-old has come a long way since he nearly died after being beaten April 22, she said.

He relies on a cane, but his recovery has been quicker than relatives anticipated.

"He was supposed to use a walker, but he thinks it makes him look old," she said.

David Tuck, 18, and Keith Turner, 17, both of Spring, were indicted on a charge of aggravated sexual assault in the beating and torture of the student.

Turner put a plastic pipe used to hold a patio umbrella in the teen's rectum, and Tuck, a skinhead, kicked it up inside him, damaging his internal organs, authorities have said. At least one of the two yelled ethnic insults during the beating, authorities have said. The student is Hispanic.

The youth, whose name is being withheld because he was sexually assaulted, spent three months and eight days in Memorial Hermann Hospital's intensive care unit.

He was released and sent home in late July, his mother said.

He has undergone operations on his internal organs and will undergo others later.

And the victim, a former football player, has not been abandoned by his old teammates. They are escorting him to class and ensuring that he has any help he needs during the day. It is good to see kids react with class and compassion.

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