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This apparently occurred in a rear holding area of sea world and an eyewitness described what she saw. >> we walked out. there was a lot of people there. there was a trainer standing by the window talking about the whale. people were asking questions, how much does he weigh, things like that. then the whale like floated upside down and the trainer said, oh, he's -- giving him a belly rub, he really likes that. i could tell it was talika because of the huge, huge fins. the trainer down stairs then called out to the trainer upstairs, okay, so-and-so, we're ready. and he just took off like a bat ...

And fatally injured by one of the whales. we are on scene with the forensics and homicide investigators and conducting a death investigation. >> jim solomon said that the trainer slipped and fell into the tank and then injured by the whale, but an eyewitness told an affiliate that the whale jumped up and grabbed the trainer. here is that witness' account. >> we walked down and there were a lot of people standing at the window talking about the whale and people were asking questions, how much does he weigh and that, and the whale floated upside down and the trainer said, oh, yeah, he is, they a...