It happened right in front of friends of mine.
Oh my, prayers. Did they know immediately something wasnt right?
OMG!
Horrible!
How terrible, for all who were there!! Not to mention the trainers family. Prayers for all concerned.
Did they know immediately....or did they think it was part of the show?
I just walked in from lunch and heard about this (Fox was on the TV). How awful it must have been to witness!
“A female trainer back in the whale holding area slipped into tank and was fatally injured,” the police spokesman said.
The sheriff’s added there was no evidence of “foul play.”
SeaWorld and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office would not immediately identity the trainer, but Dan Brown, vice president and general manager of SeaWorld Orlando, called the woman one of the park’s “most experienced trainers.”
He also characterized the death as a “drowning.”
Neither the police or SeaWorld officials would take questions.
“It is with great sadness that I report that one of our most experienced animal trainers drowned in an incident with one of our killer whales this afternoon,” said Brown. “We have never, in the history of our parks,experienced an incident like this,” he said.
“We extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends and of the trainer and will do everything possible to assist them in this difficult time.”
Oh, how awful for them. Prayers up for them and for the trainer's loved ones.