Seriously injured during the filming of
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (1995) by falling from a
moving camera platform attached to a car, Baldino lapsed into a coma
and was given a 2% chance of surviving his head injuries. He did
survive, however, and though not a full recovery. He is able to move
and function more completely than was once thought possible, but he now sees the world through the eyes of a child, because most of the brain damage affected his higher-level thinking skills.