in the water, and if you re hurt, well, then we ve got other people that will replace you, and you came a long way. you sure you want that? a seaworld trainer is recovering today after a terrifying ordeal in front of a horrified audience. for some reason, the whale just took a different approach to what it was going to do with a very senior, very experienced trainer, ken peters and drug him to the bottom of the pool and
i actually started seaworld like five days after that event occurred, and we weren t told much about it, other than it was trainer error, and, you know, especially when you re new into the program, you don t really question a whole lot. well, you know, years later when you actually look at the footage, you go, you know what, he didn t do anything wrong. that whale went to the wrong spot. it could have been aggression. who knows. but it was not the trainer s fault at all watching that video. when i saw the video of the killer whale landing on john, i mean, it just absolutely took my breath away. i gasped. i watched it two or three times. every time i gasped. i couldn t believe what i was seeing. what kept his body together is his wet suit held him together. but i know he s had multiple surgeries and he s got tons of hardware in his body and it s hard for me to believe i didn t see that video while i was actually an animal trainer. it seems to me every person who
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relationship with your animal. there is something absolutely amazing about working with an animal. you are a team. and you build a relationship together, and you both understand the goal, and you help each other. i ve been with this whale since i was 18 years old. i ve seen her have all four babies. we ve grown up together. that s the joy i got out of it is a relationship like i never had. i have to know, are you nervous? i m scared. no. nice hair, jeff. [ laughter ]
hi, everybody. we re the johnsons from detroit, michigan. we sure had a great time when we visited seaworld. it s one of our favorite places. yeah, i like when shamu gets everybody wet. when the whales get up close to the glass, start kicking up the water, whammo, you re a goner. orange county sheriff deputies have identified the 27-year-old man found dead in a killer whale s tank at seaworld. the victim is daniel p. dukes from south carolina. dukes was found yesterday draped over the back of tilikum, the largest orca whale held in captivity. all i know is he was a young man that had been arrested not long before he snuck into seaworld. maybe he climbed the barbed wire