Killer Whale Attack Footage
By Ronee, Gaea News NetworkSunday, February 28, 2010
ORLANDO (GaeaTimes.com)- On Wednesday, at SeaWorld a very unfortunate death took place during a show. A 40-year-old, experienced trainer called Dawn Brancheau was killed by a whale. She was killed when she was playing with the whale, Tilikum. According to witnesses, the trainer had a long ponytail, which seemingly irritated the whale and it turned violent. The mammal reportedly dragged her by her hair and held her underwater until she passed away. Various bystanders watched the horrible incident, some even captured the killer whale attack footage.
This is one of the top searched videos on internet now. However, though people want to watch the footage when the killer whale attacked Dawn Brancheau, most of the footage available on internet show moments before the tragic incident took place. Some of them show Dawn Brancheau playing with Tilikum a little before the whale got violent. Some of the video footage covers a number of whales and even gives a glimpse of Tilikum. According to reports, the whale has killed people in 2 earlier instances as well.
According to a witness called Todd Connell, he captured the video while Dawn Brancheau was playing with the whale. However, he shut his camera down as the whale attempted to kill the trainer. A Brazilian tourist, Joao Lucio DeCosta Sobrinho who witnessed the incident along with his girlfriend said, “It was terrible, It’s very difficult to see the image.” The killer whale is still there in SeaWorld, the management would not abandon it even after the attack.
