I wish Terri and children Bindi & little Bob all the peace they need to cope with this terrible loss. My prayers are for your family today.
2006-09-04 02:29:14 · 16 answers · asked by ♥ Karen ♥ 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Thoughts & prayers for Teri & the kids! Also for the people of Australia who lost a beloved Icon!
Steve Irwin
1962-2006
Rest in Peace mate
2006-09-04 03:14:31 · answer #1 · answered by Phil P 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Holy Crap. I'm in Shock.
On 4 September 2006, Irwin was fatally pierced in the heart by a stingray barb, while diving off Queensland's Great Barrier Reef. He had been filming a segment for his daughter Bindi Irwin's upcoming television series. Irwin was in the area filming his own documentary, to be called Ocean's Deadliest, but weather had stalled filming. Irwin decided to take the opportunity to film some shallow water shots for his daughter's programme.[22] The BBC reported that this was only the second known fatality in Australian history from a stingray attack[23], while The Age lists it as the third[22].
Shortly after 11:00 a.m. local time (01:00 UTC), Irwin was filming off the shores of Low Isles, Queensland, near Port Douglas and north of Cairns (map of that area), where he was stung either through his heart [24] or through the left side of his chest[25] After he was stung, Emergency services were called from Cairns Rescue Base and met Croc One, Irwin’s rescue vessel at Low Isle on the Great Barrier Reef. The Croc One crew performed constant CPR during the thirty-minute dash to Low Isle [26]. The Queensland Rescue Helicopter responded, taking him to Cairns Base Hospital, [27] where Irwin was pronounced dead on arrival at noon. [28] He was not killed by the sting itself but from a puncture to the heart in turn causing cardiac arrest. The Queensland Police Service notified his family and released a statement for the media concerning his death.
A close up of a stingray's stinging barbNews of his death prompted a public outpouring expressing shock and loss. Several Australian news websites went down due to high web traffic [29] and talk-back radio experienced a high volume of callers expressing their grief [30], commemorating his passion and exuberance. Prime Minister John Howard, among many other politicians, expressed his "shock and distress" at the death, saying that "Australia has lost a wonderful and colourful son.” [31] Steve Irwin's body was flown to a morgue in Cairns, where stunned family and friends were gathering on Monday night. His U.S.-born wife Terri was told of her husband's death while on a walking tour in Tasmania, and returned to the Sunshine Coast with their two children.
2006-09-04 02:36:59 · answer #2 · answered by Myke BoDean 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I enjoyed the man and the entertainment he brought, I feel bad for his family. That said I cant call this a tragedy - he was a risk taker and when you do that you have to expexct things might happen like that. Im sure he knew that too. RiP Steve.
2006-09-04 02:35:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know it's so sad. Steve was a great man and a great father. If I feel a great sense of loss without ever having met him, I can't even imagine what it must be like for his family.
I keep looking around to see if it maybe is false...but it seems like every major news organization and animal planet says it's true. :-(
RIP Steve Irwin
2006-09-04 02:57:01 · answer #4 · answered by ballerina_kim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. We can never say enough to express how we feel about this tragedy.
Our thoughts and prayers to his family, friends and all that enoyed his work and love for the animals.
2006-09-04 02:35:54 · answer #5 · answered by pretty_brown_eyes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a real shame. I thought they would grow old together. He is going to be missed by his family and probably by Australia and the America. He seemed like a nice guy.
2006-09-04 02:35:37 · answer #6 · answered by Stormhaley of Steelers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a sad day, I wish his family peace and may he sleep easy.
2006-09-04 02:36:57 · answer #7 · answered by Katie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i agree with you 110% my prayers go out to his family and his father also imagine how he must be feeling now
2006-09-04 02:43:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He died doing what he is passion about. It's a celebration!! Not many of us got to enjoy our works in life.
2006-09-04 02:38:13 · answer #9 · answered by sstooc2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crikey !!!
May God bless his family with patience
&
May his soul rest in heavens
2006-09-04 02:42:38 · answer #10 · answered by Ω Nookey™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋