Other Seaworld deaths
Here’s a list of other animal trainer deaths and incidents that have happened at SEA WORLDs.
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Killer whales: Other SeaWorld attacks
www.orlandosentinel.com | Feb. 25, 2010
Nov. 29, 2006: Kenneth Peters, SeaWorld San Diego’s most experienced trainer, was dragged to the bottom of a 36-foot-deep pool by a 7,000-pound killer whale named Kasatka during a show at Shamu Stadium. Peters escaped with puncture wounds and a broken foot after he calmed the whale by stroking it.
July 27, 2004: Ky, a killer whale at SeaWorld San Antonio, repeatedly slammed trainer Steve Aibel underwater during a show. Aibel, who was uninjured, had trained Ky for 10 years.
June 12, 1999: Kasatka, a dominant female whale, began acting strangely during a show, grabbed Peters’ leg and attempted to throw him out of the pool at SeaWorld San Diego. Peters was able to get out of the pool.
Nov. 21, 1987: John Sillick fractured his vertebrae, femur and pelvis while riding Corky the whale at SeaWorld San Diego when he was crushed between two whales during a show.
Sept. 30, 1987: Chris Barlow of SeaWorld San Diego was rammed in the stomach by a whale during a show. He was hospitalized but survived.
– Los Angeles Times, The Associated Press, Sentinel research