People fall into shark tank at aquarium

Amy

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YIKES!! :earseek: :earseek: This would be one of my worst nightmares - I can't swim and I'm terrified of sharks!!

(from cnn.com)


NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- Ten people on a behind-the-scenes tour at an aquarium plunged into a shark tank after a platform collapsed.

No one was seriously injured, officials said.

Two people were taken to a hospital for minor cuts and bruises, said Melissa Lee, a spokeswoman for the Aquarium of the Americas.

The accident Wednesday occurred while donors to the aquarium were on an after-hours tour.

The platform they were standing on is used by keepers to feed the sharks and is not usually open to the general public, Lee said.

It wasn't immediately known what caused the steel footbridge above the tank to collapse.

The 400,000-gallon tank is home to everything from a few dozen nurse and sand tiger sharks to turtles, schools of redfish and stingrays.

Dan Rooney was on the platform with his family when the platform gave way.

He searched frantically for his 2-year-old grandchild before he saw someone hand the toddler to another person on the stable part of the catwalk.

"I was just praying none of the sharks got agitated from all of the splashing and everything. I mean, they got sharks in there bigger than me," he said.
 
Glad the sharks didn't go after them. That's a FANTASTIC aquarium.....:D
 
glad no one was hurt

but on on a lighter note one of the sharks must have yelled "Food Fight"
 
I heard on our local news this morning that the sharks had just been fed and that they kept to themselves during the incident.
 

Terrifying!!! :eek: I'd be freaking out if that happened to me!
 
That has always been my favorite aquarium. Maybe not anymore...
 
Yikes! That would freak me out!! Glad noone was hurt.
 
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I read this morning!

I'm glad everyone is okie!

sharks scare me! :(
 
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Look guys, company just dropped in!
 
I've actaully had nightmares about this sort of thing... That makes me sick to my stomach excep for the fact that I know they feed those babies well... or else there might be a shortage of fish in the aquarium... Man though... eeek!
 














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