attractions at the louisville zoo was a floppy your baby named scotty. cute, and cuddly, at least for an elephant. he has hair. you are right. but on this day, he shared the spotlight with another media celebrity. a spunky girl, named erika. who has an infectious laugh, and an incredible story, captivating a city. that girl s a miracle child. why did they call her that? because she s been through a lot. we have a two-year-old, shot twice in the head. does she have an understanding of what happened to her? she knows she was shot. if you could have seen her, you would have said, there is no way this child could possibly make it. louisville, the home of churchill downs is famous for its big horse race, the kentucky derby. so, it knows a thing or two about long shots. but, in betting parlors, the odds of this story ever finding a happy ending, were off the