A mother whose son was attacked by a gorilla in 2004 after it broke out of its pen recalled painful memories this week. She said it’s quite difficult to watch the video of the 3-year-old boy who fell into an enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo last Saturday.
Keisha Armstrong and her 3-year-old son survived a similar encounter when they came face-to-face with a gorilla that escaped the Dallas Zoo.
“I can only imagine what the mom is going through watching the baby being attacked,” Armstrong told Inside Edition this week.
She said the gorilla attacked her and her son, Rivers.
“From out of nowhere the gorilla just came out and grabbed Rivers up like he was a piece of paper and put him in his mouth,” she said.
The gorilla mauled four people and was shot by cops. She was badly injured after fighting with the great ape.
