our family is under tremendous strain. >> reporter: but the facts that marion hedges is alive is a miracleamily can't escape. and michael hedges says his wife remains determined to turn this nightmare into something good. >> she is working to identify mechanisms in charities that will do good for inner city youth when she is, and if she is able to do that. and i will try to help her. >> that was kathryn brown reporting. marion hedges says she has not spoken to the boys who pushed the cart onto her, but she wishes them well and calls her recovery a work in progress. >>> tense moments for visitors at the buffalo zoo in new york, after a gorilla escapes from its enclosure. zoo officials say the 400-pound male gorilla slipped out into an area used by zoo personnel, but closed to the public. visitors, however, were still moved indoors to the 45-minute ordeal. a female zookeeper was bitten on her hand before tranquilized and captured. her injuries, zookeepers are not considered serious. i'd be a little scared. >> a little bit, absolutely. still ahead on eyewitness news. chaos in owings mills. se

. >> reporter: marion hedges says she never heard an apology from the boys but wishes them well. one was sentenced to six months in a therapeutic foster home. the other was ordered to six months therapy in a therapy boarding school. >>> security patted down a 3- year-old boy in a wheelchair. the child was given extra attention because his chair could not fit through the scanners at a chicago area airport. instead of the agent, the boy's father is pointing the blame at the entire tsa. >> there is another human beings putting their hands on my child. that's not acceptable. if he was putting his hands on my child in mcdonald's or any place else, we would immediately have him arrested. >> the tsa says it has changed the policy since the video recorded two years ago. patdowns for toddlers are now unlikely. >>> the parents of a girl electrocuted in a city park are asking lawmakers to make sure it never happens again. mary has more on today's rally. >> well, vic, deanna's family convinced them to check for stray voltage. but they say the regulations doesn't go far enough. dozens of supp

marion hedges beating the odds.hows the moment of impact outside a target in harlem. two teenagers pushing that shopping cart off of this parking garage, smashing into marian 50 feet down. she collapsed in a heap as her 13-year-old son watched. at the time mere survival seemed unlikely, let alone this sidewalk interview taped monday. >> thank you. a little makeup and hair helps. i'm doing one day tight. i have no vision out of my left eye so my optical nerve was damaged. so it affects my walking. i only have one eye that works, so it's hard to see close or far. it's a work in progress. >> reporter: marian was here buying candy for needy inner city children when it happened. before the accident, she was a well-known social activist, but on this day, halloween day, 2011, these two teenagers in the very neighborhood where she volunteered dumped the cart as a joke, a prank. >> what about the two young boys who did this? >> i have nothing to do with sentencing, i have nothing to do with that. i'm only focusing on recover

marion hedges, beating the odds. this surveillance video shows the moment of impact outside a target in harlem. two teenagers pushing that shopping cart off this parking garage, smashing into marion, 50 feet down. she collapsed in a heap, as her 13-year-old son watched. at the time, mere survival seemed unlikely, let alone this sidewalk interview taped monday. >> a little makeup and hair helps. i'm doing one day at a time. i don't have eyesight out of my left eye. no vision. so my optical nerve was damaged. so it affects my walking. i only have one eye that works. so i have to -- it's hard to see close or far. it's a work in progress. >> reporter: marion was here buying candy for needy inner city children when it happened. before the accident, she was a well-known social activist. but on this day, halloween day, 2011, these two teenagers, in the very neighborhood where she volunteered, dumped a cart as a joke, a prank. >> what about the two young boys who did this? >> i had nothing to do with that. so i am only focusi