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 saw that i gasped. i could not believe what i was seeing. what kept his body together is basically 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 actually see that video while i was actually an animal trainer. it seems to me every person who works with killer whales should have to watch that video. tamary. you know, tamary made mistakes. the most important was interacting with whales without a spotter. so she s putting her foot on orchid. she s taking her foot off. she s putting her foot on orchid, she s taking it off. watching the video and knowing orchid, your stomach drops. because you probably know what s probably going to happen.
captions by vitac www.vitac.com standby, dean. let s go live to seaworld where dean gomersoll is joining us for a sneak peek. hi, dean. tell us about the new show. the shr animals her animals her- i was kid.ell. i didn t kw what i was doing really. what they ld us. nice. goodob. goodob. bought into you know, i learned to say what they told us to the audience. hello out there. children are some of shamu s biggest fans. we can do just about anything we want. i thought i knew everything about killer whales when i worked there and everything about these animals. i really know nothing about killer whales. i know a lot about being a animal trainer or a killer whale trainer, but i don t know anything about these animals natural history or their behavior. i really in some ways believed a
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 saw that i gasped. i could not believe what i was seeing. what kept his body together is basically 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 actually see that video while i was actually an animal trainer. it seems to me every person who works with killer whales should have to watch that video. tamary. you know, tamary made mistakes. the most important was interacting with whales without a spotter. so she s putting her foot on orchid. she s taking her foot off. she s putting her foot on orchid, she s taking it off. watching the video and knowing orchid, your stomach drops. because you probably know what s probably going to happen. she grabbed her foot. tamary whips around and she grabs the gate. you see her just ripped from the
what kept his body together is basically 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 actually see that video while i was actually an animal trainer. it seems to me every person who works with killer whales should have to watch that video. tamary. you know, tamary made mistakes. the most important was interacting with whales without a spotter. so she s putting her foot on orchid. she s taking her foot off. she s putting her foot on orchid, she s taking it off. watching the video and knowing orchid, your stomach drops. because you probably know what s probably going to happen. she grabbed her foot. tamary whips around and she grabs the gate. you see her just ripped from the gate. at this point tamary knows that
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 just landed on him. that whale just 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 saw that i gasped. i could not believe what i was seeing. what kept his body together is basically 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 actually see that video while i was actually an animal trainer. it seems to me every person who works with killer whales should have to watch that video. tamary. you know, tamary made mistakes. the most important was interacting with whales without a spotter.