As an American family went hiking near Mount Kenya last Monday, an elephant unexpectedly charged out of the brush and killed a mother and her one year old daughter she was holding in her arms. The family was hiking on a nature trail just outside Mount Kenya National Park on Monday morning when the elephant charged. The woman, identified as Sharon Brown, tried running away but the weight of her baby slowed her down. Brown and her husband are listed as faculty members at the International School of Kenya. She was 39 years old at the time of her death and originally from New York. "She was loved by everybody and loved to travel extensively," says one of Brown's close friends.
I was really frusterated with the husband in this article! It says that there were three other adults hiking, one of them being Brown's husband. The three others ran away safely at the sight of the elephant. How did the husband forget about his wife and the baby? Why wasn't he desperately trying to help save them? I can't put all the blame on the husband though; this was obviously a very scary and rare incident and I'm sure he's suffering greatly from the loss of his wife and child. I hope hikers in the future are more cautious and I hope the Kenya Wildlife Service encourages hiking with armed guards more strongly. Incidents like this are said to happen about once a year, but I hope hikers will take more precautions so that these tragedies are reduced.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/01/06/kenya.americans.trampled/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29
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