Woman Attacked by Chimp Reveals Face

A two hundred pound chimpanzee attacked woman from Connecticut last February reveals her disfigured face for the first time on CBS. She is blind and has to eat through a straw, but with all this she states that she isn’t angry. Her positive attitude shown on Oprah Winfree Show was that she has not time to look back but only time to look forward to healing. On February 16th the owner Sandra Herold, asked Charla Nash to help her to lure the chimp back into her house in Stamford, Connecticut. The chimp tore off Charla’s hands, nose and eyelids. The police shot and killed the chimp, and Charla Nash is still in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. Only a few weeks ago Ms. Nash was told she no longer has her eye sight, Charla doesn’t remember anything about the attack and at this time doesn’t want to.

I felt horrible for this woman; her life is forever changed by this one incident. To be able to see all the beautiful colors in the world one day and not see nothing and forever scared the next. She seems to be strong and has the right attitude unlike most people in today’s society.

My thoughts of this article I found at www.cbsnews.com did change from when I started reading it until the end. I had such sympathy for this woman struggling now in life from this horrible animal assault. Then I came to be impressed, astounded, and amazed as to her will and determination not to let this stop her from living. I know several people after I read this article said, “I would hide in my house in hopes to die.” Most of all the comments I heard was along the same line, “I would give up and hide.” People that keep exotic animals should be fined; exotic animals belong in the wild or in zoo’s not in people’s houses and such. And these types of animals should only be handled by professionals that have had special training. This would incident would of never happened if a professional would have been there with protective gear and devices that would of secured the well being of the owner and others including the professional. My heart and soul goes out to this woman and I hope she stays strong and determined to not allow this to ruin her life.