2003.
Roy was nearly killed.
Now a "20/20" special attempts
to answer the key question, why
did this happen?
>> You get to see Roy and how he
is recuperating.
He's still doing his therapy but
he says he likes to go shopping,
he likes to go to the movies.
>> Tonight's "20/20" brings us
Siegfried & Roy's first
interview in more than a decade.
It's been nearly 16 years since
their lives changed
dramatically.
>> That incident on stage
effectively ended their show.
>> Video of the October 3rd,
2003, incident that left Roy
severely injured is locked away
at the mirage hotel with the
intention never of being seen by
the public.
"20/20" re-creates what happened
when the beloved white tiger
turned on Roy.
>> 45 minutes in the show the
lights go off and there's just a
spotlight on Roy horn.
He just walks out with just the
tiger.
>> Mont acore seemed confused
and wasn't responding to
commands.
While trying to get the tiger's
attention, Roy fell over his
right front paw and that's when
he was bitten and dragged by the
>> They maintained this was an
accident, Roy was falling ill
and the tiger was trying to
protect and help him.
>> In 2009 they returned to the
stage and with Mont core.
It was a performance for the
brain institute that treated
Roy.
>> What was that like for you as
you watched Roy, sort of
unsteadily walk out to assume
the stage again?
It really moved you.
