2006-09-04 00:29:55 · 30 answers · asked by Student Paramedic 2 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
He was filming a doc on stingrays in the Great Barrier Reef and was smacked in the chest by the tail barb of a massive one as he swam over it, which punched a hole in his chest and heart. Here's more info from The Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/story/0,,1864565,00.html
Poor guy!
2006-09-04 00:39:33 · answer #1 · answered by Aleks 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i will never forget the image of steve irwin talking to the camera while sharks were in a feeding frenzy all around him while he stood in the water...the guy was a crazy kook but he was fascinating, funny and very entertaining...i kind of felt one day his luck would run out the way he took risks dealing with wildlife but i would never have guessed it would take a stingray to be the culprit....my condolences to his friends and family....he was one of a kind and his legacy will continue as his shows run on animal planet
2006-09-05 03:51:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stingray.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060904/ap_on_en_tv/obit_irwin
2006-09-04 00:31:15 · answer #3 · answered by live2ride 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was filming a documentary off the great barrier reef when he was hit in chest (heart) by a sting ray's barb. He was 44 years old
2006-09-04 00:41:00 · answer #4 · answered by BUPPY'S MEME 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Australian legend and hero was stung by a stingray in the chest.
2006-09-04 01:05:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Stingray literally impaled him through the heart with the "stinger"
2006-09-04 00:35:59 · answer #6 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stingray barb to the heart
2006-09-04 00:43:14 · answer #7 · answered by Diana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He came on top of the stingray and the stingray’s barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart,”
2006-09-04 01:20:23 · answer #8 · answered by Rosalie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was stung by a stingray in the chest
2006-09-04 00:40:30 · answer #9 · answered by louise12041987 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually not only was he stung by the stingray, the stingray stabbed him with its barb its kindda like a poker, through the chest
2006-09-04 00:40:38 · answer #10 · answered by Emma O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋