Shamu kills trainer Dawn Brancheau at Sea World, pic, video
Onlookers at the SeaWorld amusement park, Florida viewed in horror on Wednesday as a deadly whale fatally attacked a trainer Dawn Brancheau.
The 40 year old female trainer Dawn Brancheau was explaining the details of a show at Shamu Stadium at around 2 p.m. when the 12,000-pound male whale by name Tilikum pulled her into the water tank, where she drowned.
The Orlando Sentinel reported around 25 tourists saw the attack from above the tank and from an underwater view area.
An eye witness said the whale grabbed the trainer by the upper arm. “He was thrashing her around pretty good,”. “It was violent.”
Doctors were summoned immediately to the park but could not revive the woman, who was announced dead on the spot.
“It is with great sadness that I report one of our most experienced trainers has drowned in an incident with one of our whales,” park manager Dan Brown said
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