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Larry King CNN drama: Koenigs bumped for Killer Whale story

By April MacIntyre Feb 25, 2010, 18:22 GMT

A general view of the SeaWorld theme park in Orlando, Florida, USA, on 24 February 2010. A trainer was attacked and killed by a whale during preparations for a performance at the SeaWorld theme park in Orlando, Florida, police reported on 24 February 2010.A spokesman for the local sheriff‘s office said that the female victim \'slipped or fell\' into the tank where the orca whale was due to perform. EPA/PRESTON MACK

The SeaWorld drama yesterday where a trainer was pulled to her underwater death by a large male Killer Whale trumped the news of the missing actor Andrew Koenig.

Andrew's parents told Larry King producers to scram after their segment was pushed back to accommodate the Orlando tragedy.

TMZ.com got the scoop that claimed father Walter Koenig (Chekov from Star Trek) got fed up waiting to be interviewed, as their session to plea for help in finding Andrew was prolonged and then put off by King's CNN producers.

Andrew Koenig's parents felt the show was being "disrespectful" by pushing back their live interview several times on last night's show, according to TMZ.

Walter Koenig told TMZ that Larry "did not give them enough time to do credit to what we had to say."

The Koenigs are in Vancouver continuing to search for their missing son.

TMZ says that the Koenigs were waiting to go live, and then after realizing they were not going to make air, asked the crew to leave, according to the TMZ report.