From: Debbie M.
Sent: July 6, 2013
To: undisclosed recipients
Subject: Fw: An Inspirational Real Life Story!
"Binti Jua is a western lowland gorilla
female in the Brookfield Zoo, in
Brookfield, Illinois. Binti is most well
known for an incident which occurred
on August 16, 1996, when she was
eight years old. A three-year old boy
climbed the wall around her zoo
enclosure and fell 18 feet onto
concrete below, rendering him
unconscious with a broken hand and a
vicious gash on the side of his face.
Binti walked to the boy’s side while
helpless spectators screamed, certain
the gorilla would harm the child.
Another larger female gorilla
approached, and Binti growled. Binti
picked up the child, cradling him with
her right arm as she did her own
infant, gave him a few pats on the
back, and carried him 18 meters (59 ft)
to an access entrance, so that zoo
personnel could retrieve him. Her 17-
month-old baby, Koola, clutched her
back throughout the incident.
The boy spent four days in the
hospital and recovered fully."
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