Ep 1 Charla Nash – Chimp Attack

On February 16th, 2009, a Stamford Connecticut woman named Charla Nash had both of her hands and her face torn off by a friend’s pet chimpanzee.  The chimp, Travis, was well known and generally liked in the community and had even appeared in several national TV commercials.  The injuries that Charla received were so horrific that counseling services would need to be provided to almost everyone, including medical professionals, who encountered her in the days following the attack.  In this episode, we’ll discuss in graphic detail the attack and resulting injuries, the circumstances leading up to the mauling, and Charla’s subsequent face transplant.

Sources

Books

• The Woman Who Lost Her Face: How Charla Nash Survived the World’s Most Infamous Chimpanzee Attack

News Clips

• Chimp Owner: I Did Whatever I Had to Do

• The Oprah Winfrey Show – The Woman Attacked by the Chimpanzee & the Heroes of Fort Hood.  Nov 11, 2009

Articles

• Owner describes chimp’s terrifying rampage
• After Shooting Chimp, a Police Officer’s Descent
• Charla Nash, Face Destroyed by Chimpanzee, Pleads for New Law
• Some Injuries Too Much Even for Doctors to Handle Alone
• Chimp attack 911 call: ‘He’s ripping her apart’
• Chimp was Drugged with Xanax
• Travis the Menace