Topic: Charla Nash
AP News | 2010-02-25 21:46:04
Conn. officer who shot rampaging chimp after mauling woman tells lawmakers he was traumatized
A police officer on Thursday recalled how he plunged into "a depression beyond depression" after shooting a rampaging 200-pound chimpanzee and said he was traumatized by seeing the woman who had been brutally mauled by an animal he calls "a monster." Frank Chiafari, making his first ...
AP News | 2010-02-19 16:44:02
<div id="subtitle">Conn. city paid medical bills for police officer who shot rampaging chimp, records show</div><div><p>The city of Stamford agreed to pay the medical bills of a police officer who was denied workers compensation after he shot and killed a chimpanzee, records show.</p>< ...
AP Features | 2010-02-17 20:25:29
<div><p>A police officer who shot and killed a chimpanzee last year after it mauled a woman has been denied a claim for workers' compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder because state law only applies to police shootings of people.</p><p>State Sen. Andrew McDonald, D-Stamford, introduced legislation Tuesday — the one-year ...
AP Features | 2010-01-25 20:50:10
<div><p>An Ohio hospital says a Connecticut woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee is not a candidate at this point for a face and hand transplant.</p><p>The Cleveland Clinic cited the complexity of Charla Nash's injuries. The hospital says Nash has made significant progress in her recovery ...
