Killed SeaWorld trainer grew up in Ind.
Updated: Thursday, 25 Feb 2010, 10:17 AM EST
Published : Thursday, 25 Feb 2010, 10:16 AM EST
SCHERERVILLE, Ind. (AP) - The sister of a SeaWorld trainer killed in Florida by a whale says the woman loved the whales like children and wouldn't want anything to happen to the one that pulled her into the water.
Trainer Dawn Brancheau grew up near the northwestern Indiana town of Cedar Lake. Diane Gross of nearby Schererville says her 40-year-old sister's passion for marine life began at the age of nine on a family trip to Sea World.
Brancheau was rubbing the whale named Tilikum after a noontime show Wednesday when the whale grabbed her and pulled her in, killing her. The park said it hasn't decided yet what to do with the whale.
Gross told The Associated Press that news of her sister's death "hasn't sunk in yet."
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