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. 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
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. and 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 one 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, knowing
even happened. i never heard the story. and the seaworld party line would say it was a trainer error. it was john s fault. john s fault. he was supposed to get off that whale. and for years i believed that. i told people that. 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 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.
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. 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.
months, i had no idea that had even happened. i never heard the story. and the seaworld party line would say it was a trainer error. it was john s fault. john s fault. he was supposed to get off that whale. and for years i believed that. i told people that. 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