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SeaWorld Orlando investigation: Killer whale pulled in trainer by ponytail

SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau is shown in 2005. (Orlando Sentinel file)

New report: Killer whale at SeaWorld Orlando pulled trainer by ponytail

Orange County Sheriff's Office investigators said today that SeaWorld Orlando trainer Dawn Brancheau died from "multiple traumatic injuries and drowning" after a killer whale pulled her underwater by her long pony tail near the theme park's Shamu...

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