Women who had ripped off her nose, lip, eyelids and hands torn off in horror chimp attack return to visit hospital staff who saved her life

 Ms Nash said that, without the dedication and compassion of hospital staff, she would not have survived the attack, where a pet chimp tore off her face and hands

Steve Nash, the brother of attack victim Charla, wipes tears from his eyes as his veiled sister meets hospital staff. It has been more than a year since Charla suffered horror injuries.

Chimp and owner: Pet chimpanzee Travis and his owner Sandra Herold in February last year. Travis was shot dead by police during his attack on Ms Nash, and Ms Herold died of a heart attack this year

A woman who was savagely mauled by her friend’s chimpanzee has made an emotional return to visit the doctors and hospital staff who saved her life.
Charla Nash, 57, wore a veil over her face to hide the disfigurement caused by the February 2009 attack.
She underwent more than eight hours of surgery after the 200lb chimpanzee, called Travis, ripped off her nose, lip, eyelids and hands before it was shot dead by police.
The pet chimp went berserk after owner Sandra Herold asked Nash to help lure him back into her house in Stamford, Connecticut.
Nash was filmed by NBC’s Today show hugging members of the emergency room staff that helped her recover from the nightmare ordeal.
Without them, she said, she ‘wouldn’t be standing here’.
Nurse Summer Kruger said she would never forget the victim’s courage and strength.
She said... ‘My three days with her I will remember for the rest of my life.'