Blackfish Page #5

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He'd kill.

An employee is dead after an encounter...

...at a Canadian park

called Sealand of the Pacific.

The victim, Keltie Byrne,

was a championship swimmer

and a part-time worker at Sealand.

As seen in this home video,

rescuers used a huge net to try...

...rescue workers' efforts

were hindered by the agitated whales.

I'd like to make

the Pan Pacific team this summer,

but my more immediate goal

is just to swim fast at nationals.

It was sort of a cloudy, gray day

and we were looking for something to do,

so we thought,

"Why not go to Sealand?"

It was kind of like this dingy pool

with these whales and--

it just felt a little bit like an amusement park

that was kind of on its last legs

and everything was a bit gray.

Yeah. It was like

a swimming pool.

- Yeah, yeah.

- You know,

three whales in a swimming pool.

Yeah.

And they would come up

and touch the ball and there was--

I think there was some tail splashing

and there was some--

- Some jumping.

- The fish. And--

They hold the fish and the whales jump up.

I remember saying, "Oh, what a fun job.

You know, she's so lucky."

And then I saw her walking with her rubber boots

and she tripped and her foot

just dipped into the edge of the pool

and she lost her balance and fell in.

And then she was pushing her way up

to get out of the pool

and the whale zoomed over, grabbed her boot,

and pulled her back in.

At first, I didn't think it was that serious

because you see the trainer

in the pool with the whale

and you think, "Oh, well,

the whales are used to that."

And then all of a sudden,

it started getting--

there was more swimming,

more activity, more thrashing,

and she was starting to get panicked.

And then as it progressed,

you started to realize,

"Whoa, something's not right here."

She started to scream

and she started looking around

and her eyes were, like, bigger and bigger

and realizing that,

"I really am in trouble here."

And then they would pull her under.

And then they would come up

and then when she--

they came up, she'd be,

"Help me, help me."

And then they'd take her down again.

And she would be submerged for several seconds

up to, I don't know, maybe a minute.

You're not keeping track.

So it was harder and harder

for her to get the air in

because she was screaming.

And my sister remembers

her saying, "I don't want to die."

Well, condolences to Keltie's family.

Yeah.

That we couldn't help her

was pretty wretched.

Sealand closed.

Well, it's probably a good thing.

I mean, it was a little pond.

And I think the owner,

you know, made the right decision

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