By: Jane CaragherA SeaWorld killer whale snatched a trainer off a poolside platform in its jaws Wednesday and thrashed the woman around underwater, killing her in front of a horrified audience. This was the third time that this particular whale has been involved in the death of a person. After this happened the audience was rushed out of the park and the park was closed for the rest of the day.
The woman that was killed was Dawn Brancheau. At 40, she one of the parks most experienced trainers and worked with the killer whales for over 10 years. Brancheau knew that she wanted to work with sea life after her first time at Sea World when she was 9 years old.
Brancheau was rubbing Tilikum, the 12,000 pound killer whale, when eyewitnesses say that he pulled her into the water. They aren’t sure if she died from drowning or from being thrashed around the water. Because of Tilikum’s size and previous death record, trainers didn’t go into the water with him for their safety.
Tilikum’s first accident was in 1991 when a woman lost her balance and fell into his tank in British Colombia. The other accident occurred in 1999, when a man who had sneaked by Sea World security was found draped over Tilikum. The man either fell into the water, was pulled in by the whale or jumped into the water and died of hypothermia, though he did have bruises and scratches from Tilikum.
The woman that was killed was Dawn Brancheau. At 40, she one of the parks most experienced trainers and worked with the killer whales for over 10 years. Brancheau knew that she wanted to work with sea life after her first time at Sea World when she was 9 years old.
Brancheau was rubbing Tilikum, the 12,000 pound killer whale, when eyewitnesses say that he pulled her into the water. They aren’t sure if she died from drowning or from being thrashed around the water. Because of Tilikum’s size and previous death record, trainers didn’t go into the water with him for their safety.
Tilikum’s first accident was in 1991 when a woman lost her balance and fell into his tank in British Colombia. The other accident occurred in 1999, when a man who had sneaked by Sea World security was found draped over Tilikum. The man either fell into the water, was pulled in by the whale or jumped into the water and died of hypothermia, though he did have bruises and scratches from Tilikum.
2 comments:
(Anne)
-This was a tragic event, however I thought you did a good job summarizing Brancheaus passion for being a trainer since the age of 9. I also liked that you included background about the whales previous incidents which involved others peoples deaths.
-Explain what the park is planning to do with the whale and this incident.
(Steve)
- I thought the article covered a pretty large base. I enjoyed the incorporation of eyewitnesses.
-I would merge the first three sentences into one. Also keep an eye on the couple of grammatical and puncutation-typ errors.
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