“The mother should have been watching her kid better, but, overall, it’s the park’s fault. If the park had better enclosures, that gorilla would still be alive today.”
Mike DiStefano
“You never know what’s going through a gorilla’s head. I’d have done the same thing because you have to take a child’s life into consideration before an animal’s.”
Joey Macc,
1900 block of Wolf Street
“I think parents should pay more attention, first of all. I’m not entirely sure that officials should have reacted the way they did, but they made what they thought was a safe decision.”
Toni Irving,
West Philadelphia
“The mother should have been watching her kid better, but, overall, it’s the park’s fault. If the park had better enclosures, that gorilla would still be alive today.”
Mike DiStefano,
1800 block of Porter Street
Interviews by Joseph Myers
Photos by Tina Garceau
“I think parents should pay more attention, first of all. I’m not entirely sure that officials should have reacted the way they did, but they made what they thought was a safe decision.”
Toni Irving
“You never know what’s going through a gorilla’s head. I’d have done the same thing because you have to take a child’s life into consideration before an animal’s.”
Joey Macc
