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Creatures, leans just that little bit too far, and takes a dive into the enclosure. he lies still, passed out on the ground. >> met up with pete and he told me the child had fallen into the gorilla pit. the gorilla has got her. a gargantuan gorilla is hovering over the boy. >> that's when things started getting hectic. >> one mother can't stand the suspense. >> at first, i didn't want to look. i didn't want to know. i didn't want to see what i was about to see. where? they're down the gorilla cage. >> they're, like, the griorilla has the boy, gorilla has the boy. that's when i peered over and ...

>> chaos surrounds the gorilla exhibit. witnesses crane their necks to see what's happening. phil's heart beats faster as he rushes to the unfolding scene. >> i automatically started walking that way. i got in front of a zookeeper there who had a walkie-talkie, had it up to his ear and he started running. >> what happened? >> there was a lot of people there, people were running. the unimaginable has happened. every parent's worst nightmare. a 3-year-old boy, perhaps excited by the awesome creatures, leans just that little bit too far, and takes a dive into the enclosure. he lies still, passed ...

There, people were running. the unimaginable has happened. every parent's worst nightmare. a 3-year-old boy, perhaps excited by the awesome creatures, leans just that little bit too far, and takes a dive into the enclosure. he lies still, passed out on the ground. >> met up with pete and he told me the child had fallen into the gorilla pit. the gorilla has got her. a gargantuan gorilla is hovering over the boy. >> that's when things started getting hectic. >> one mother can't stand the suspense. >> at first, i didn't want to look. i didn't want to know. i didn't want to see what i was about to...

Excited by the awesome creatures, leans just that little bit too far, and takes a dive into the enclosure. he lies still, passed out on the ground. >> met up with pete and he told me the child had fallen into the gorilla pit. the gorilla has got her. a gargantuan gorilla is hovering over the boy. >> that's when things started getting hectic. >> one mother can't stand the suspense. >> at first, i didn't want to look. i didn't want to know. i didn't want to see what i was about to see. where? they're down the gorilla cage. they're like the gorilla has the boy, the gorilla has the boy. that's whe...

A toddler plunges 24 feet into a gorilla pit. time seems to stand still, as the gorillas take notice. >> oh, my god. >> it's an elephant, see? >> it's august 16th, 1996. a small group of families is enjoying the zoo together in brookfield, illinois. >> how many are there? >> we had gone to the zoo, the three of us, our families. i was with my wife and my oldest daughter. taking some video of some of the monkeys in the trees. >> there he is. >> as usual, the gorillas are a big hit. their massive size, up to six feet, and more than 400 pounds, and their human-like behavior captivate kids and par...