The Disturbing Story of Charla Nash, "The woman amwhose Face Was aRipped Off By an Enrage Chimpanzee
On February 16, 2009, Charla Nash visited the home of her friend Sandra Herold and found Herold's pet chimpanzee Travis in a state of unusual agitation. Charla then figured she could calm him down by showing him his favorite toy, a Tickle-Me Elmo.
But then, Travis suddenly snapped and charged at Nash, throwing her against her car and launching into a gruesome attack that sprayed blood, bits of flesh, and even Nash's fingers all over Herold's yard.
Although the emergency personnel that soon descended upon this grisly scene were initially sure that Nash was dead, she had miraculously survived. However, Nash lost both her hands and the majority of her face, while Travis was killed by one of the responding police officers.
And today, after years of surgeries including a full face transplant, Nash is thriving and claims to barely remember the attack that left her disfigured.
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