An experienced trainer of the world famous SeaWorld has died after the killer whale she was working with dragged her under water during a show.
Witnesses described how the killer whale named Tilikum grabbed the forty year old trainer by the waist and pulled her under the water. A spokesperson for SeaWorld Florida said they were investigating the work accident.
It’s not the first time Tilikum has been involved in an incident. In 1991 the 12,000 lb orca was one of three whales blamed for the death of a female trainer in Canada. A second incident in 1999 found the body of a naked man laying on the whales back. Police believe the man had broken into the enclosure and drowned due to hypothermia.
