>> a little bi >> reporter: this is umoja, michael's miracle baby. out of her body when the gorilla doctors got to her. now eight years later, mike wanted us to meet her, which meant hiking through a bamboo forest, layers of vegetation and up to more than 9,000 feet. there on the steep volcanic slopes in northern rwanda, we found umoja's family. and here she, a new mother, her baby boy only a month old. >> umoja is probably the most spectacular case that we've ever had. and that brought a lot of pride for gorilla doctors. >> reporter: so it's not just the animal that you save, it's the future generations? >> correct. you're actually influencing not one life, but multiple lives. >> reporter: in rwanda where w veterinarians, the mountain gorillas have become a national symbol. he was 14 when his country was torn apart by genocide in 1994. more than 800,000 people were slaughtered in 100 days. so what do you remember of the genocide? >> darkness in the whole country. at that age, you know, you don't have much thinking, but you can see that this is over.

>> cranfield: little bit. ( laughs ) >> logan: this is umoja. mike calls her a miracle baby.anging out of her body when the gorilla doctors got to her. now, eight years later, mike wanted us to meet her, which meant hiking through a bamboo forest, layers of vegetation, and up to more than 9,000 feet. there on the steep volcanic slopes in northern rwanda, we found umoja's family. and here she is. a new mother, her baby boy only a month old. >> cranfield: umoja is probably the most spectacular case that we've ever had. and that brought a lot of pride for gorilla doctors. >> logan: so it's not just the animal that you save, it's the future generations. >> cranfield: correct. you're actually influencing, not one life, but multiple lives. >> logan: in rwanda, where we met one of mike's senior veterinarians, dr. bosco, the mountain gorillas have become a national symbol. he was 14 when his country was torn apart by genocide in 1994. more than 800,000 people were slaughtered in 100 days. >> logan: what do you remember of the genocide? >> bosco: darkness in the whole country. at that

there on the steep volcanic slopes in northern rwanda, we found umoja's family. and here she is.only a month old. >> cranfield: umoja is probably the most spectacular case that we've ever had. and that brought a lot of pride for gorilla doctors. >> logan: so it's not just the animal that you save, it's the future generations. you're actually influencing, not one life, but multiple lives. >> logan: in rwanda, where we met one of mike's senior veterinarians, dr. bosco, the mountain gorillas have become a national symbol. he was 14 when his country was torn apart by genocide in 1994. more than 800,000 people were slaughtered in 100 days. >> logan: what do you remember of the genocide? >> bosco: darkness in the whole country. at that age, you don't have much thinking, but you can see that this is over, the whole country is over. >> logan: in 22 years, rwanda has risen from the ashes, and the gorillas are at the center of that transformation. ♪ ♪ close to 30,000 tourists come every year for the gorillas, and tourism is the biggest source of foreign income for this tiny nation. >> bosc