KOMODO DRAGON ATTACKS ACTRESS STONE'S HUSBAND.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services A Komodo dragon attacked the executive editor of the San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the while he was visiting the Los Angeles Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. with his wife, actress Sharon Stone, officials said Sunday. Phil Bronstein and Stone were on a private tour of the zoo around noon Saturday when Bronstein entered the Indonesian lizard's cage. He was hospitalized in stable condition Sunday, said Joe Brown, a spokesman for the paper. The tour was arranged as a Father's Day surprise for Bronstein, who had always wanted to see a Komodo dragon up close. ``Mr. Bronstein was part of a behind-the-scenes tour at our reptile house,'' said Susie Kasielke, a zoo administrator. Bronstein ``entered the enclosure with one of our animal keepers and was subsequently bitten by the animal,'' Kasielke said. The zookeeper zoo·keep·er n. One who takes care of animals in a zoo. had asked Bronstein to remove his white tennis shoes to keep the 5-foot-long reptile from mistaking them for the white rats it is fed, Bronstein told the Chronicle. Stone, who witnessed the attack from outside the cage, said the reptile attacked Bronstein's shoeless foot, crushing his big toe while thrashing its body around. Bronstein was able to pry open the reptile's mouth and escape through a small feeding door in the cage while the zookeeper distracted it, Stone said. Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. paramedics were called to the zoo at 12:09 p.m. Saturday when the Komodo dragon attack was reported. They transported the victim to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as , officials said. The surgery Saturday was to reattach Re`at`tach´ v. t. 1. To attach again. severed tendons and to rebuild a big toe, Stone said. Bronstein is expected to remain in the hospital until today, Brown said. ``We're very grateful for the professional care of the people at the hospital,'' Stone said. ``And we certainly don't blame the people at the zoo.'' |
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