Screaming in horror behind a glass screen, SeaWorld tourists watched helplessly as Dawn Brancheau was dragged underwater and tossed about like a rag doll.
When the 40-year-old's lifeless body was finally released from the jaws of a "psychotic" orca weighing more than five tonnes, her head was found scalped - while part of her arm was missing.
The experienced trainer is one of three people to have been killed by Tilikum, once the world's largest killer whale in captivity, who continued to be housed at the park in Orlando until his death in 2017.
This week, sickening details of the incident have emerged from a police report which recounts how the beast performed a "deep dive" during its deadly game.
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