Update on Charla Nash, Chimp Attack Victim

Hissterical · 12th November 2009, 02:52 PM

BEWARE!! There is one graphic photo in this thread of her severe injuries

Chimp Attack Victim Reveals Disfigured Face
By Stephen M. Silverman

Originally posted Thursday November 12, 2009 08:30 AM EST

Charla Nash, the Stamford, Conn., woman mauled by a 200-pound chimpanzee on Feb. 16, spoke out for the first time to show the world how she's doing after that brutal attack.

Saying she's not in any pain, Nash told Oprah Winfrey for a show that aired Wednesday, "I don't remember [The attack]. I don't want to … I want to get healthy. I don't want to wake up with nightmares."

In the course of the TV interview, which was filmed at Ohio's Cleveland Clinic where Nash is being treated, Nash willingly allowed Winfrey to lift the veiled hat that normally covers her face and reveal her badly disfigured face to the public for the first time. Nash said she wears the veil to avoid scaring people.

The family of Nash is suing the chimp's owner, Nash's longtime friend and employer, Sandra Herold, for $50 million. They are also suing the state of Connecticut for $150 million for having not seen the warning signs, Thursday's Today show reported.

The attack took place outside Herold's home, when Herold called Nash to help her shepherd the 14-year-old chimpanzee, Travis, back into her house. Police shot and killed Travis after he attacked Nash.

Nash's legal filing describes her injuries as "catastrophic." She lost both hands and incurred "traumatic facial injury" that includes the loss of her nose, upper and lower lips, eyelids and the bony structures in her mid-face.

Doctors have been able to reattach one of her thumbs, which Winfrey gently shook at the end of the interview. Asked what she would tell those who saw her and didn't know how to react, Nash said, "I'm the same person I've always been. I just look different. You know, and there's things that happen in life that, you know, you can't change it. You know, it's a tragedy."

Charla Nash::Before Attack

Charla Nash::After Attack

JT · 12th November 2009, 04:01 PM

Omfg!!

nid_queen · 12th November 2009, 04:20 PM

As with all the animals we keep they all have natral instincts and command alot of respect. You should always be wary of any animal with the capacity to harm you.

Hopefuly she will continue to heal surgens can work miracles so if she wins her law suit she will have some hope of returning to normality some day.

iggylover · 12th November 2009, 07:39 PM

OMG, truely wild animals like apes and big cats should not kept in close proxmity to people and to many states in america will allow any tom, dick or harry to just buy and keep them.