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Sea World killer whale Tillikum broke trainer Dawn Brancheau's jaw and vertebra, and dislocated an arm and a leg while thrashing her around, an autopsy has concluded.
The 40-year-old died of multiple traumatic injuries and drowning Wednesday. Photo: Dawn Brancheau with an unnamed whale. PICTURES: Dawn Brancheau SeaWorld Trainer Killed. "It was terrible....
Chillingly, the captive whale killed his trainer and then refused to release her body. For 45 minutes, he kept Dawn's broken body on the pool with him, despite attempts from the other trainers to...
After approximately 45 minutes, Tilikum released Brancheau's body. The autopsy report said that Brancheau died from drowning and blunt force trauma. Her spinal cord was severed, and she had sustained fractures to her jawbone , ribs, and a cervical vertebra .
Brancheau's official cause of death was drowning with blunt force injury. Her arm was ripped from its socket and her hair and scalp were discovered at the bottom of the pool after being ripped off by Tilikum.
The New York Times reported that Tilikum died of a bacterial infection on January 6, 2017. SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau was pulled into a swim tank by an orca at the end of a performance. The other trainers immediately knew the situation was bad.
In January of 2017, Tilikum died at SeaWorld, after having lived in captivity for more than three decades. Dawn Brancheau's story ended where it began. According to Dawn's Foundation, she saw the famous Shamu show as a girl and decided to become a whale trainer.
Dawn Brancheau died by drowning while in the jaws of an orca named Tilikum during a show at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida on February 24, 2010.
The autopsy report released Wednesday lists Dawn Brancheau's official cause of death as drowning and traumatic injuries. The medical examiner's office ruled her death an accident. Toxicology...
Dawn Brancheau, a SeaWorld Orlando trainer attacked by a killer whale, died of drowning and blunt-force trauma, an autopsy released today showed. “Even with immediate medical attention, it...