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TIL of Ken Peters, a SeaWorld trainer who was attacked near the end of a show in 2006. For about 10 minutes the whale repeatedly submerged him to the bottom of the tank. He stayed calm during the entire ordeal and used his training to calm it enough to be let go. He still works at the same SeaWorld.

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