The boy’s mother and visitors screamed in horror, unsure of what would happen next. Inside the enclosure, seven hulking primates were lounging.
Kankakee Fire Department Catp. Jeff Bruno was there the summer day, and he still remembers it well.
”Aug. 16 — 2:10 p.m.,” he told CBS in 2016.
Jeff was visiting the zoo with two other families when they heard the boy’s mother scream and saw Binti Jua’s incredible response.
At the moment of the fall, the boy hit his head and fainted.
