Dawn Brancheau, a whale trainer, died in an accident at the SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida on Wednesday, at around 14:00 local time. The incident involved an 18-year-old killer whale , Tillikum, also called Tilly. The Orange County Sheriff's Office report that trainer Brancheau has 16 years of experience. Brancheau was reported dead after being recovered from the pool. Witness to the incident Victoria Biniak told WKMG-TV , "He was thrashing her around pretty good. It was violent. [The whale] ...took off really fast in the tank, and then he came back, shot up in the air, grabbed the trainer by the waist and started thrashing around, and one of her shoes flew off."
Dawn Brancheau, a whale trainer, died in an accident at the in Orlando, Florida on Wednesday, at around 14:00 local time. The incident involved an 18-year-old , Tillikum, also called Tilly. The report that trainer Brancheau has 16 years of experience. Brancheau was reported dead after being recovered from the pool. Witness to the incident Victoria Biniak told , "He was thrashing her around pretty good. It was violent. [The whale] ...took off really fast in the tank, and then he came back, shot up in the air, grabbed the trainer by the waist and started thrashing around, and one of her shoes flew off."
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