i was really excited just to be capturing this because it was kind of turning out to be a great show. a show that s kind of complete, it doesn t it probably only only happens a few times a week. at the very end of the show, liz was working tilikum and apparently tilikum lunged out of the water at her. and i had captured tilikum coming out of the water kind of turning sideways and appeared to me to try to grab liz, and at that moment, the tape became unusable. i was just kind of basically instructed to get rid of the tape. wanting to kind of preserve the tape, i actually used the editing equipment and snipped out that little half second or second when he did that and stitched it back together so it just kind of looked like a glitch in the tape. and i was like look at this. and they said no, this is no longer usable. so we had to destroy the tape.
how do i make this animal as beautiful as they are and have the audience walk away loving this animal and they re touched and moved and i feel like i made a difference to them. i left in january of 2010, a month before dawn passed away. she was, like, a safety guru. i mean, she was always double checking and making sure that everyone was doing the right thing. so i remember she would record every show that she did and she would watch it and critique herself. and she was constantly trying to be better. when i found out it was dawn, i was shocked. that could have been me. i could have been the spotter. what if i was there and i could have saved her? you know, all these things go through your mind. john sillick was the guy who in 1987 was crushed between two whales at seaworld of san diego. now even though i had been
a lot bigger than they look when you get in the water next to them. well, i watched this sea lion and otter show and this guy mike moracco, he comes out during the show with a dress on as dorky in alter ego of dorothy, in a dress with the sea lion, the coward sea lion and walking along with a little basket. i thought i will never ever do that, you know. two months later, hi, i m dorky. walking out on stage with the sea lion. i was overwhelmed and i was so excited. i mean, just seeing a killer whale is breathtaking. i was just in awe. it s shocking to see how large they are and how beautiful they are. being, you know, in the presence of the killer whales
the show because they couldn t get the whales under control. tilikum was in the back pool set up to do a dine with shamu performance with dawn. likely she saw what had gone on during the main show, and so she had probably felt more pressure to do a good show. when you watch the whole video, you can see that tilikum is actually really with dawn in the beginning of the video. there s a couple of behaviors she asked can him to do where tilikum jumps right in and does exactly what she asks him to do. we re going to show you how agile these guys are. 12,000 pounds. there seemed to be a point in the session where things went south, so to speak. and my humble opinion, it was at that missed bridge whistle bridge on the perimeter peck wave. she asked him to do a perimeter peck wave where she asked him to basically go all
how beautiful the animal is? and they re touched and moved. and i feel like i made a difference too. i left in january of 2010, a month before dawn passed away. she was, like, a safety guru. i mean, she was always double checking and making sure that everyone was doing the right thing. so i remember she would record every show that she did and she would watch it and critique herself. and she was constantly trying to be better. when i found out it was dawn, i was shocked. that could have been me. i could have been the spotter. what if i was there and i could have saved her? you know, all these things go through your mind. john sillick was the guy who in 1987 was crushed between two whales at seaworld of san diego. now even though i had been