Contributed by: Jenny
A couple took their two year old son, Maddox, to the Pittsburgh Zoo.
The boy wanted a closer look at the African painted dogs.
His mother lifted him to stand on top of the railing.
Under the railing was a fenced screen.
The little boy lost his balance, fell out of his mothers arms, and past the fenced screen – into the pit.
The mother screamed for her boy, but nothing could be done.
Particularly after recently watching “The Grey”, the images of this tragedy are just so very heartbreaking.
Please, all, please, be vigilent in sending positive thoughts and prayers of gentleness and healing into this community, to the zoo keepers, to the other zoo visitors (parents and children) who witnessed this tragedy, to the police officers who tried unsuccessfully to shoot the dogs away from this little guy, and for this family.
The guilt, pounding on top of loss, must be absolutely crushing to this mother.
Please, think of her with compassion. All she was trying to do was gift her son with a closer look at what looked to him to be harmless puppies.
But he slipped past her fingers, instead.
This outside link has an official news report.
