The mother of the 4-year-old boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo blasted her critics, saying that “accidents happen.”
In a post on Facebook, Michelle Gregg apparently fired back after some claimed she wasn’t keeping a close eye on her child.
After falling into the enclosure, the gorilla, named Harambe, dragged him around. Zoo officials were forced to shoot the animal.
“I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers today. What started off as a wonderful day turned into a scary one,” she wrote, according to the New York Post. “For those of you that have seen the news or been on social media that was my son that fell in the gorilla exhibit at the zoo. God protected my child until the authorities were able to get to him.”
“Remember something, no one loves gorillas more than the Columbus Zoo, the Cincinnati Zoo and the zoo world,” Hanna added. “We have given literally millions and millions of dollars to preserve these animals, both mountain gorillas and lowland gorillas.”
