UPDATE ON CHARLA’S CONDITION: NOVEMBER 21, 2011
Charla Nash reveals her new face on the Today Show:

On February 16, 2009, in Stamford, Connecticut, Charla Nash was viciously attacked by a 14 year old chimpanzee owned by Sandra Herold and kept by Ms. Herold in her home as a pet. Charla had been called by Ms. Herold to her home to try to assist in controlling the chimp, who was running loose outside the Herold residence. When Charla arrived and exited her vehicle, the chimpanzee immediately attacked her, and inflicted horrific injuries on Charla. Emergency personnel responded to Ms. Herold’s 911 call and the police were ultimately forced to shoot and kill the animal. Charla was brought to Stamford Hospital, where she endured 7 hours of lifesaving surgery. She was then transferred to the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, where she remains.

Nov. 21, 2011: Charla Nash, along with her daughter briana, speaks with TODAY producer Stephanie Siegel about her face transplant and what it has given back to her and her family.

Jun. 18, 2011: In a TODAY exclusive, Charla Nash’s daughter and surgeon reveal that the victim of the horrific 2009 chimp attack has received the country’s first simultaneous face and hand transplant. NBC’s Jeff Rossen reports.

Charla Nash, the woman who survived a vicious attack by a friend’s chimpanzeee, goes back to visit the doctyors an nurses who worked to save her life.

May 26, 2010: Facing a massive lawsuit, Sandra Herold, the owner of the chimp that brutally attacked her friend, Charla Nash, died suddenly of an aneurism. NBC’s Jeff Rossen reports.