![]() Dive shows in the Surrounded By Sharks exhibit are excitement for the whole family as divers talk from underwater and even answer questions. If you're daring, take a stroll across the Shark Bridge - the only suspension bridge in North America where guests can walk just inches above nearly two dozen sharks! This V-shaped rope bridge is 75-feet long and is suspended over the open water of the 385,000 gallon Surrounded by Sharks exhibit. We'll eventually go back but not anytime in the near future.While exploring Newport Aquarium's million gallons of fun, guests have the opportunity to touch a shark, play in the interactive frog bog and even pet a penguin during the Penguin Encounter. As far as I go, the only time I really go is with her. I'm going to wait till I'm very sure she's OK. ZAHN: So do you ever plan to visit an aquarium again anytime soon? Doesn't associate them different than regular fish. But I don't think she associates sharks with the big teeth. And last night, she woke up quite a few times screaming, "Mommy, hold me," because that's what I was doing she just wanted me to hold her tight when we went in the water.īut today she was talking a little bit about the sharks in the water. And what she was saying - that we slipped and we fell into the water. But on the way home, she started talking. I don't think being that's she's so young, she has the idea of severity. Do you think she has any clue as to - the dunking that she went through? ![]() It was terrifying, especially when you have so many family members in there and not knowing if you're even going to get out, you know. She had a cut on her foot and a cut on her hand, and she had to grab my 5-year-old cousin and drag him to shore to where they could pull him out. ZAHN: The problem with coral is you can often get infected inside, and it burns like crazy. He had a bunch of scrapes and a bump on his head, but he's doing fine now. He and my little girl, they're the ones that went to the hospital. So people were screaming more once they got out and, you know, realized because still in shock once they fell in.īut we moved - I had 5-year-old nephew he was closer to the front, and he fell. People were very, you know - people were more screaming after they got out, and you know, they were shocked because the kids, for the most part, most of the kids were still on that platform. I was scared to death what I would do if I saw a shark. When I first looked down, I saw a stingray right underneath me, and I just freaked out. I was scared to look down to what I might see. It was one of those things when you're really high up, and they tell you not to look down. ZAHN: How long, Alison, were you in the water, then? After you got her out. Mainly kids and a few of the workers on the platform that were stuck in the middle like an island, and they just passed the kids out. So what they had to do is and ladders, and they put them on top of the reef, and they tied them with rope, and then they put boards on top of that, and they just like a chain with people, and they just passed the kids. And then at that point, they were all still stuck on the platform, and I didn't even think about it at the time, until after I got out, but that platform could have collapsed just as well. ![]() I had to swim across the tank to the other side and get pulled out. First, I was just worried about her drowning because she's only 2. She got on the platform, and then I started to get nervous about the sharks. I was more concerned about her than anything. At that point, I gave her my little girl. ![]() She climbed down onto the reef and started pulling a couple of the children out. At that point, part of platform was attached. ![]() There was a coral reef, and I grabbed on to the reef, and we bobbed up. Me and my little girl - thankfully I was holding her to my left - so when we fell in, we went under the water. It cracked in the middle, and then the sides fell down. Well, not even two seconds later, sure enough the whole thing just collapsed. Ironically, the man was telling us that if anybody ever fell into the water, the sharks are well-fed and they would scatter. Of course, me and my daughter were at the very end. ROONEY: Well, we were doing a behind-the-scenes tour of the aquarium for the members, and they had the platform we were working on. ![]()
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