Whale drags trainer off platform in fatal attack
A veteran SeaWorld trainer was leisurely rubbing a killer whale from a poolside platform when the 12,000-pound creature reached up, grabbed her with its mouth and dragged her underwater where she drowned.
Horrified visitors who had stuck around after a noontime show watched the animal charge through the pool with trainer Dawn Brancheau in its jaws. Workers rushed to help her with nets as an alarm sounded, but it was too late. It marked the third time the animal had been involved in a human death. (AP)
