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On. we threw our cats in a suitcase and we hand a suitcase full of cats and the kids and we just go. >> susan jones was at home with three children and a dog when her house began going under water. >> it was very scarey. i will have to say that we were evacuated right here on a boat. so that was very scary. because my husband was out of town. and it was just me and my three kids and my dog, who doesnt swim. >> now the clean-up begins. >> weve taken out the rugs, that was what we were told, to ri...

On. we threw our cats in a suitcase and we hand a suitcase full of cats and the kids and we just go. >> susan jones was at home with three children and a dog when her house began going under water. >> it was very scarey. i will have to say that we were evacuated right here on a boat. so that was very scary. because my husband was out of town. and it was just me and my three kids and my dog, who doesnt swim. >> now the clean-up begins. >> weve taken out the rugs, that was what we were told, to ri...

Trainer by the waist and started shaking her violently and her shoe, the last thing i saw was her shoe floating. and sirens started. >> reporter: crowds that gathered for the show were cleared out. the park manager at seaworld says the trainer drowned. an expert with the orca network who studies whales tells tilikum has been known to be aggressive and doesnt swim with other trainers. tilikums role in the show is to simply splash the audience, using his massive tail. howard garrett says the whale...

Has always known to be aggressive and doesnt swim with other trainers. his role in the seaworld show is simply to splash and soak the audience using his massive trail. orca networks howard garrett said the whales lack of companionship may have triggered this attack. >> when you put a highly social mammal like an orca into captivity for long periods, they have nothing. they have no stimulation. they have no companionship. and that can tend to create stress. >> reporter: in fact, parkgoers say the...

Ti tilikum actually grabbed the trainer. >> it the trainer said, oh, yeah, theyre giving him a belly rub, he really likes that. i could tell, you could tell by the huge fence. >> reporter: the whale isle believed to be the largest orca in captivity. his fins alone measure more than six feet. the eyewitness said when the trainer who was not in the water gave the go-ahead, the whale took off. >> just took off really fast. came around the glass. jumped up and grabbed the trainer around the waist an...

>> thank you, steve. >> i do numbers, guys, not names so well. >> all right, steve. >> see you later. now to orlando and the investigation into the death of an animal trainer at seaworld in front of a crowd of tourists. a 12,000-pound killer whale grabbed a trainer with its mouth and drowned her in the pool. what a horrifying experience, particularly for tourists who happened to see this. >> exactly. it is so unpredictable because the animal experts say a giant orca or any orca just doesnt swi...