>> jeff ventre will go over there. >> don -- >> that's dawn. >> wow. >> i knew dawn when she was new. she was a great person to work with and she obviously blossomed into sea world's best trainers. this is dawn brancheau, the senior trainer here. >> i guess you can say i knew dawn in a past life. >> it a tough job, isn't it? >> we do go through a lot of physical exertion. you do a lot of deep water work, breath holds, high-energy behaviors with the an ma'ams. they are giving out energy, too, but we're working together and having fun. >> she's beautiful, blonde, athletic, friendly, everybody loves dawn. >> i mean this so sincerely, watching you perform yesterday, you are amazing. >> thank you. >> you really are. >> she captured what it means to be a sea world trainer. she had so much experience that it made me realize what happened to her really could have happened to anyone.