The killer whale, Tillikum that attacked and killed trainer Dawn Brancheau has a violent past. Tillikum has been involved in the deaths of two other people.
more on Tillikum’s violent past after the jump…
As CBS reports: The first death occurred at Sealand of the Pacific in British Columbia. A trainer drowned while in the tank with Tillikum.
Sea World trainer Dawn Brancheau killed by a killer whale attack right before the start of the show at the Shamu Stadium in Orlando, Fa earlier this afternoon (Wednesday). It was a tragic and shocking attack witnessed by a lot of park visitors!
more of the attack story after the jump…
The Killer whale named “Tillikum” jumped up from the water; literally grabbed Dawn Brancheau, the 40-year-old experienced female trainer; pulled her into the orca’s tank. Tillikum, the 12,000 pound killer whale dragged Dawn underwater and she drowned.
Olympic snowboard bronze medalist Scotty Lago volunteered to leave Olympics on Friday after racy pictures of him showed up on the Internet. A woman, a snowboarding fan kissed his medal which was hung at the wrong place.. (Scroll down to see the actual pictures)
Scotty (right) pictured with Shaun White (left) after their halfpipe wins
more pictures of Scotty after the jump..
Julia Mancuso is known for her tiara as much as she is her awesome skiing ability. Why does Julia wear a tiara after she skis anyway? Is it publicity for her underwear line? Well, not it might be, but she was wearing the tiara years before the underwear came about…
More pictures of Julia after the skivvies…
Shaun White (USA) wins gold medal in the men’s half pipe event during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver on February 17th, Wednesday. Shaun won the same medal in Torino 4 years ago!
tons of pictures of Shaun during the race & after the win including his girlfriend’s pictures after the jump…
White beat Peetu Piiroinen (Finland) who got the silver medal and Scott Lago (USA) who got the bronze medal. Congratulations!
Olympic Medal Count with US extends lead after Lindsey Vonn winning gold in alpine skiing with teammate Julia Mancuso finishing second for silver. Shawn White blew away his competition for his second straight gold in men’s halfpipe. Shani Davis, speedskater made history winning a second-straight gold in men’s 1000 meter.
more Olympic medal count after the jump…
As of the end of Wednesday, US leads the olympic with a total of 14 medals, 5 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze.
