A Sea World trainer was killed yesterday by a killer whale during a show. The woman, Dawn Brancheau was leisurely rubbing the whale from a platform when he reached up, grabbed her with its mouth and dragged her under water. Workers rushed and tried to save her but it was to late. The whale apparently grabbed Dawn by her ponytail, pulled her under water and then held her under the water. The head of animal training at all Sea World parks, Chuck Tompkins said there was no indication that the whale was having problems earlier in the day. Tompkins also said that no decision has been made about what will happen to the whale. Sea World has also suspended the killer whale shows at all of its parks. Dawn's family said they viewed her death as an unfortunate accident and that the trainer wouldn't want anything done to the whale because she loved the animals like children. Either way it's a really sad story.
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