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 when i was actually an animal trainer. it seems to me every person who works with killer whales shou
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 when i was actually an animal trainer. it seems to me every person who works with killer whales should have to watch that video.
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, 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. it was not the trainer s fault 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. 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 when i was actually an animal trainer. it seems to me every person who
john s fault. it 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, 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. it was not the trainer s fault 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. what kept his body together is his wet suit held him together.
trainer error and, you know, especially when you re new into the program, you don t really question a whole lot. well, years later when you look at the footage, you go, he didn t do anything wrong. that whale just landed on him and that whale went to the wrong spot, it could have been aggression or who knows, but it was not the trainer s fault watching that video. i saw the video of the killer whale landing on john. it absolutely took my breath away. i gasped. i could not believe what i was saying. his wet suit basically held him together but i know he s had multiple surgeries and tons of hardware in his body and it s amazing i didn t actually see that video when i was an animal trainer. it seems that every person who works with killer whales should have to watch that video.