Rwanda: Nearly 90, Woman's Trek to Rwanda to See Gorillas Was Thrill

Loann Crane could have reached out and touched the mountain gorillas that loped around and above her in the Rwandan rainforest.

No barriers stood between them. The massive animals showed no fear - or aggression - toward the humans who stood in their tropical home, alternately staring and snapping photographs. Every once in a while, a gorilla would crash down from the trees and wander off.

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