***FOR STORY INFORMATION, SEE ITEM RE-01SA***\n\n --SUPERS--\nFriday\nPierce County, WA\n\nOn the Phone\nJohn Waldron\nWitness\n\n --SOT--\nOn the Phone: John Waldron: "I noticed this transport aircraft and all of a sudden, the pilot pulls the stick back and he went into a complete loop. And, I though 'my God! He's going to stall this thing and crash.' He was able to get it controlled, leveled back off. And he was probably, I'm going to guess, maybe no less than 100 feet or so above the water and he was coming straight toward me. And I thought my God, I gotta get ready to run. If he doesn't know what he's doing, he's going to kill somebody. And at the last second, he pulled back up, almost straight up, almost stalled the aircraft. He managed to get control again, leveled off and then he flew off toward Tilikum."\n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nWASHINGTON STATE SEATTLE AIRPORT STOLEN PLANE SEATAC\n\n

NNS LIVE - SEAWORLD VIDEO HEARING/ FL ORLANDO, FL - 1000EDT - The security video that shows February's killer whale attack at SeaWorld as it happened remains under lock and key. In a hearing at the Orange County courthouse Wednesday at 10 a.m., a judge will decide whether a temporary injunction to keep the video sealed will stay in place permanently. Up until now, the video we have seen shows SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau working with Tilikum the killer whale in the moments before the fatal attack. Some people, including the late 40-year-old trainer's family, wonder why media organizations would want to make such graphic footage public. LIVE COVERAGE SOURCE: WOFL/ ORLANDO - FOX

PRESSER, NEWSER, PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT THE KILLER WHALE DEATH INCIDENT One person is dead at SeaWorld's Stadium, following an incident this afternoon, an Orange County Sheriff's Office official confirmed. Orange County Fire Rescue responded to SeaWorld's Shamu Stadium this afternoon on report of a person who was not breathing. Details about the incident are not yet available, but a Sheriff's Office official confirmed it is a death investigation. A local TV station is reporting that a female trainer was killed after she was grabbed by one of the theme park's whales at the start of a public show. Park guest Victoria Biniak told Local 6 that the trainer was a veteran of SeaWorld and had just finished explaining to the audience the show they were about to see. At that point, Biniak said, the whale came up from the water, grabbed the trainer around the waist and "thrashed her all around" to the point the trainer's shoe fell off. Guests were evacuated and were later told the park was shut down, Biniak told Local 6. Rescue personnel were called to the theme park at 2 p.m. Calls to SeaWorld and Orange County Fire Rescue were not immediately returned. The Sheriff's Office is en route. ----------------------------------- LATER NEWS: SEA WORLD TRAINER KILLED: Sea World officials in Orlando, Florida say the death of one of its trainers today by a killer whale appears to be an accident. Eyewitnesses said 40-year-old Dawn Brancheau, an experienced trainer, was finishing up a session with the whale when it grabbed her with his jaws and thrashed around underwater. The whale, John Berman reported on WORLD NEWS, was "30-year-old Tilikum, or Tilli, a 6 ton bull who has killed before.a trainer in Canada in 1991 and in 1999 a man was found in his tank in Sea World with bite marks. Tilikum was typically kept alone because of his aggressive nature." Sea World said it is investigating the incident. Today the park closed its killer whale exhibits in Orlando and San Diego; the exhibit in Orlando will be closed until at least Friday.

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A BOMBSHELL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM SEAWORLD...
THE COMPANY SAYS IT WILL NOT BE ADDING ANY NEW KILLER WHALES TO ITS WATER PARKS.
SEAWORLD SAYS ITS CURRENT GENERATION OF ORCAS WILL LIVE OUT THEIR DAYS... AND THE PROGRAM WILL BE PHASED OUT.
AS MARTIN SAVIDGE REPORTS, THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS A MAJOR U-TURN FOR THE COMPANY.
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THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS AS BIG AS THE CREATURES IT"S ABOUT…
SEAWORLD SAYS ITS RETIRING ITS STAR PERFORMER KILLER WHALES… AFTER DECADES OF SHOWS AND YEARS OF CONTROVERSY OVER ORCAS IN CAPTIVITY. 
THE COMPANY REVEALING THE SURPRISE IN A VIDEO TWEET…
(Natsot/Seaworld announcement) "The company who helped the world fall in love with Orcas will end all orca breeding and transition away from theatrical orca shows…."
SPEAKING THIS MORNING ON CBS THE COMPANY"S CEO SAID PUBLIC ATTITUDES HAVE CHANGED. 
(Joel Manby, CEO, SeaWorld): "It"s about where society is shifting. I have seen, clearly that society is changing their attitude about these unbelievable majestic animals being in human care."
FOR YEARS ANIMAL WELFARE GROUPS HAVE BLASTED SEAWORLD FOR THEIR KILLER WHALE PROGRAM… SAYING THE MAMMALS WERE TOO LARGE, TOO SMART AND TOO SOCIAL A CREATURE TO BE KEPT IN THEME PARKS. 
("Blackfish")
BUT IT WAS THE CNN DOCUMENTARY FILM BLACK FISH FOCUSING ON THE DEATH OF SEAWORLD TRAINER DAWN BRANCHEAU AND QUESTIONS REGARDING HOW CAPTIVITY MIGHT HAVE TURNED TILIKUM, ONE OF SEAWORLD"S BIGGEST ATTRACTIONS, INTO A REAL KILLER THAT WAS A TURNING POINT. 
(Natsot/ad): "...there will be no more admission tickets, no more rides, no more teddy bears."
SEAWORLD NEVER RECOVERED FROM THE PUBLIC BACKLASH. ATTENDANCE DECLINED. SO DID ITS STOCK PRICE… 
NOW SEAWORLD SAYS IT WILL FOCUS MORE ON ITS ANIMAL RESCUE AND REHABILITATION EFFORTS EVEN PARTNERING WITH ONE OF ITS FIERCEST OPPONENTS, THE HUMANE SOCIETY
(Wayne Pacelle, CEO, The Humane Society): "We"ve been talking for the last three months very quietly."
MARINE BIOLOGIST NAOMI ROSE HAS WORKED MORE THAN 20-YEARS FOR THIS DAY... 
(Naomi Rose, Animal Welfare Institute): "This is really stunning news."
SHE"S THRILLED, BUT SAYS KILLER WHALES CAN SURVIVE FOR DECADES AND WONDERS WHERE AND HOW THE REMAINING 28 ORCAS AT SEAWORLD WILL LIVE. 
(Naomi Rose, Animal Welfare Institute): "They need to get out of those tanks, I don"t think those tanks are good for them, and so I would like to continue dialogue that explores options such as seaside sanctuaries, coastal sanctuaries for those animals where they will be in more space and a more natural habitat..."
SEAWORLD HASN"T SAID SPECIFICALLY HOW IT"S GOING TO CARE LONG-TERM FOR ITS ORCAS... 
RIGHT NOW IT"S JUST CONTENT WITH TAKING A BIG STEP TOWARD HOPEFULLY SOLVING AN EVEN BIGGER CONTROVERSY.
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AERIALS OF SEA WORLD / PRESS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING / AFFILIATE SU INTERRUPRTIONS / MOS One person is dead at SeaWorld's Stadium, following an incident this afternoon, an Orange County Sheriff's Office official confirmed. Orange County Fire Rescue responded to SeaWorld's Shamu Stadium this afternoon on report of a person who was not breathing. Details about the incident are not yet available, but a Sheriff's Office official confirmed it is a death investigation. A local TV station is reporting that a female trainer was killed after she was grabbed by one of the theme park's whales at the start of a public show. Park guest Victoria Biniak told Local 6 that the trainer was a veteran of SeaWorld and had just finished explaining to the audience the show they were about to see. At that point, Biniak said, the whale came up from the water, grabbed the trainer around the waist and "thrashed her all around" to the point the trainer's shoe fell off. Guests were evacuated and were later told the park was shut down, Biniak told Local 6. Rescue personnel were called to the theme park at 2 p.m. Calls to SeaWorld and Orange County Fire Rescue were not immediately returned. The Sheriff's Office is en route. ----------------------------------- LATER NEWS: SEA WORLD TRAINER KILLED: Sea World officials in Orlando, Florida say the death of one of its trainers today by a killer whale appears to be an accident. Eyewitnesses said 40-year-old Dawn Brancheau, an experienced trainer, was finishing up a session with the whale when it grabbed her with his jaws and thrashed around underwater. The whale, John Berman reported on WORLD NEWS, was "30-year-old Tilikum, or Tilli, a 6 ton bull who has killed before.a trainer in Canada in 1991 and in 1999 a man was found in his tank in Sea World with bite marks. Tilikum was typically kept alone because of his aggressive nature." Sea World said it is investigating the incident. Today the park closed its killer whale exhibits in Orlando and San Diego; the exhibit in Orlando will be closed until at least Friday.