Just freaking me out

By now I think everyone has heard about the chimp who savagely attacked that poor women in Hartford, Connecticut and caused serious injury to her face and hands.

I personally must be spending too much time on FB to have heard this story, so I didn't learn about it until yesterday. I did a little searching on Google and was able to find the 911 call by the chimps owner. It was bone chilling! This women who had raised this chimp for 15 years, was screaming "shoot it, shoot it" over and over. I can't describe the feeling I had after hearing this call, however, I do know I felt so uneasy. All I could visualize was this women sitting in her car, watching her best friend be torn apart by her "beloved" chimp. The owner thought her friend was dead and feared for her own life as well. A scary thing about this tape is that, in my opinion, I don't think the 911 operator believed what was happening and at was scale. It almost seemed like he hesitated sending help. I hope this was not the case, as this may make a huge difference in the victims recovery.

Anyway, I can't seem to get this story out of my mind. I went to a party yesterday evening and we were talking about it there. Some people had seen an actual live video on YouTube of the attack and said they had never seen anything like it. I had dreams about this last night and just cannot get this poor women, the women attacked not the owner, out of my mind. To think her life will be so severely altered because she was trying to help a friend. Of course, you have to ask yourself why was someone would allowed to have a wild animal in a suburban setting. I don't care if she was Grandfathered in, you shouldn't be allowed to keep a 200 lb chimp in your home, especially if he has caused problems before.

I know you cannot blame the chimp, it's sad he lost his life due to the lack of respect his owner had for wild animals, but, I do continue to ask myself could this have prevented? What do you think? On a side note, have you ever read something or heard it on the news and just cannot get it out of your mind? This happens to me all the time. If a friend tells a story that tugs at my heart strings, I become consumed with finding out all of the details. The same thing happened when a very sad incident happened years ago at a college party. I thought about all of these young people who died or hurt and how this effected the people in their lives. Strange thing, as an adult I have met people affected by this tragedy and their lives have never been the same. I always want to put my arms around them and hug them, because to me it's still so fresh on my mind. For them, they have to put the horror in the back of their minds to push forward in life. It's sad. All of these tragedies we see on TV happen to real people, we have to remember that.

Keep this women and her family in your prayers, as they must need all they can get.