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Want her to do it. i always supported her on that. i felt like a father whose son wants to join the marines or daughter wants to be a pilot or something or a race car driver. you just know they want to do it and you know it's risky, you just urge them to be careful. i used to tell her, please, just don't get in the cages, and she would just say, hey, it's okay. they're not dangerous, i know how to handle it. but, she was so happy. that was her passion. and it never changed and her happiest time in her life, her mother and i agreed today was these last two months, as shown by her facebook pictu...

Followed just by injuries of a lion probably playing too hard and also she was so happy, her last two months there as an internship at cat haven were the happiest of her life. >> reporter: the sheriff investigators are continuing their work here, john, until they are complete, the gates here at cat haven will remain closed to the public. >> ted our thanks to you in dunlap, california, this morning. the storm that just won't go away. morning commutes under siege as much of the northeast getting hammered by this relentless winter storm bringing winds, rain, coastal flooding and of course snow,...

>> well, i think that i'm still in shock right now. but i think it's good going to the media and telling dianna's story has really helped me. >> paul, tell me what you want people to know about your daughter. >> what i want them to know about her? first off, i just got a report from the coroner's office that the mauling reports in the media yesterday and earlier today were not true. there was no mauling by the lion. it was more likely a quick suffocation and neck fracture. there was no blood, and they think it was a quick death, followed by some injuries by the lion probably just playing too h...

A local coroner says that 350-pound animal opened the gate between two cages and moved to a larger space where it killed diana hanson, an intern at project survival's cat haven, cleaning a main enclosure when the incident happened. her father talked to our affiliate in seattle about his concerns for his daughter and her love for her work. >> i just said please don't get in the cages with them, though. and she said, dad, it's okay, i can handle them. she was fearless. and she loved it. so i wasn't going to try to stop her from her dream. i've never seen her happier. every day, she would post a ...

The cage of a big cat. it's simply not allowed. there's only four senior staff that can do that. with the cat locked out. >> right, i mean, jenny, we discussed this briefly yesterday. you have been down there. you met this very lion. we saw video footage of you with cous cous. do you agree with what patty is saying? it does seem extraordinary that somebody so young and inexperienced could find herself in any kind of position where a lion could attack her. >> piers, i think that's a good question. you know, i don't feel comfortable answering that. i don't know what her experience was. you know,...