People dumped into shark tank at aquarium
A platform at a Louisiana aquarium collapsed last night, dumping 10 people into a tank teeming with sharks.
No one was seriously injured, officials at New Orleans’ Aquarium of the Americas said.
Two people were taken to hospital for minor cuts and bruises, said spokeswoman Melissa Lee.
The accident happened while donors to the aquarium were being given an after-hours behind-the-scenes tour.
The platform they were standing on is used by keepers to feed the sharks and is not usually open to the general public, she said.
It was not immediately known what caused the steel footbridge above the 400,000 gallon tank to collapse.
