Binti Jua became a hero when she rescued a 3-year-old boy who fell into her gorilla enclosure at the Brookfield Zoo outside of Chicago She safely scooped the boy up and delivered him to zookeepers, ...

Long before Harambe (R.I.P.) came into and left our lives, Binti-Jua of the Chicago Brookfield Zoo was making headlines. Exactly 20 years ago today, the rare western lowland gorilla, who was 8 at the ...

A three-year-old boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure in a United States zoo was saved by a gorilla living in the cage, cradling the baby on her back. The incident, which occurred in 1996, saw a boy ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill - A little boy tumbled into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden Saturday in an incident reminiscent of a 1996 fall at another zoo — except for the outcome.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ABC News/Youtube; Tim Boyle/Getty Images Binti Jua became a hero when she rescued a 3-year-old boy who fell into her gorilla ...

It's been nearly three decades since the world's hairiest hero burst into public consciousness. In 1996, a 3-year-old boy tumbled 24 feet into a gorilla enclosure after sliding through a barrier at a ...