Sorry...I liked the guy, but...damn, what a way to go...
2006-09-04 05:05:30 · 8 answers · asked by a kinder, gentler me 7 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
It sucks and is very sad, but really... who didn't see it coming? CRIKEY!
2006-09-04 05:09:09 · answer #1 · answered by emmadropit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok he was underwater with scuba gear. he didnt even see this thing coming it was fast. No time for words or last thoughts? Shortly after 11:00am local time on 4 September 2006, Irwin was fatally pierced in the chest by a stingray barb while diving off Queensland's Great Barrier Reef. The events were caught on camera and the footage is now in the possession of Queensland Police.[22] He had been filming a segment for his daughter Bindi'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 television program.[23] After reviewing the footage of the incident and speaking to the cameraman who recorded it, documentarian and former shark hunter Ben Cropp speculated that the stingray "felt threatened because Steve was alongside and there was the cameraman ahead..."[22] In such a case, the animal responds by automatically flexing the serrated barb on its tail, which is up to 30 centimeters (roughly 12 inches) in length, upward. In this case, the motion struck Irwin's chest and pierced his heart.[22] Crewmembers aboard his boat called emergency services in the nearest city and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead when they arrived a short time later.[24] The BBC reported that this was only the second known fatality in Australian history from a stingray attack,[25] while The Age and CNN list it as the third.[23][26]
The Queensland Police Service notified his family and released a statement for the media concerning his death. News of his death prompted a public outpouring expressing shock and loss. Several Australian news websites went down because of high web traffic[27] and talk-back radio experienced a high volume of callers expressing their grief,[28] 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.”[29] Irwin's body was flown to a morgue in Cairns, where stunned family and friends were gathering on Monday night. His wife Terri was informed of her husband's death while on a walking tour in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in Tasmania, and returned to the Sunshine Coast with their two children.
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2006-09-04 12:40:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Steve Irwin is bigger than life. He knew what he stood for and he knew what he stood against. He will be missed.
I have to reflect on those who do not yet know the meaning of life and their own mortality. Let us not be well wishers to those who have started that journey, for each of us is standing in the line, we know not where.
2006-09-04 14:27:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow i am shocked i hope he didn't suffer i have several fond memories of watching crocodile hunter with my kids i especially loved it when he would do the talk show circuit the guy was hilarious my favourite was when he was on the Conan o Brien show he was hilarious and a great and powerful animal activist,may he rest in piece and i hope his family will find peace in that he died doing what he loved although i hope no television stations air that footage out of respect for his family god bless
2006-09-04 12:14:12 · answer #4 · answered by angelina_mcardle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree but i the back of my mind i kinda had feeling something that dangerous would catch up
2006-09-04 12:10:34 · answer #5 · answered by B jump 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seriously! I would've felt less bad about it if a croc had gotten him...sure it would've been tragic, but it would've been slightly ironic if you know what I mean...
2006-09-04 12:07:56 · answer #6 · answered by Susie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't know what he said....It is a shame, though....
2006-09-04 12:08:23 · answer #7 · answered by luckistrike 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
his last words was probably "OHH BLADY STINGRAY MATE..."
2006-09-04 12:44:17 · answer #8 · answered by lantaliban 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋