First gorilla born at Cleveland zoo; OSU band's 9/11 tribute; remembering Max Soviak …

CLEVELAND, Ohio – An article about the first baby gorilla born at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo was the most popular post on cleveland.com’s Facebook page in 2021.The story about the western lowland gorilla giving birth to a male in October, a first in the zoo’s 139-year history, garnered the most interest and chatter of any cleveland.com Facebook post this year. The Nov. 4 story raked in more than 92,000 reactions, 1,700 comments and nearly 5,000 shares.Here’s a look at the Top 21 Facebook posts of 2021 based on total interactions. Data is based on most likes, comments and shares from a CrowdTangle search as of Dec. 13.No. 2: A video of Ohio State University’s marching band honoring Sept. 11 heroes on the 20th anniversary of the attack was also wildly popular on Facebook. The video received more than 70,000 reactions, 3,400 comments and more than 2.5 million views.No. 3: A tribute in memory of Ohio Navy Hospital Corpsman Max Soviak, who was killed along with 12 other U.S. service members in an August terrorist attack in Afghanistan, garnered more than 15,000 reactions, nearly 5,000 comments and 18,000 shares. Soviak was a Milan native and a 2017 graduate of Edison High School.No.…
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