i loved the guy so much i just what to know how he died and the story behind it all
2006-09-04 05:09:52 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
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 03:35:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Do you not have access to the news? If you're using a computer it's one of the top stories in today's news if you don't have a dang TV. Geez. And by the way, his last name is Irwin, not Erwin. Maybe you're a conspiracy theorist and think someone out here in 'puterland has the REAL story. The real story is simple, just check the news, no cover up, nothing so clandestine as a "real story" to differ from ummm okay...the real story out there right now. lmao
2006-09-04 05:18:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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 05:37:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He died when a stingray stung his chest and hit his heart.So sad,leaving kids and a wife behind.(spelled Irwin not Erwin)
2006-09-04 05:17:13 · answer #4 · answered by britt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was swimming in shallow waters above a stingray when stingray's 10 inch spike at the beginning of the tail hit him in the rib cage but below it piercing his heart.
2006-09-04 05:12:26 · answer #5 · answered by Freddy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The "real" story is just what you heard. He got stung by a stingray. Why don't you think that's the real story ?
2006-09-04 05:14:36 · answer #6 · answered by worldhq101 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
manda because i am your sis i know you r not going to choose me for the best answer but steve died by a stingray and at least it was instint and the sad part is his wife was on a hike and dosn't know he is deid yet but i will miss him too
2006-09-04 06:44:42 · answer #7 · answered by aimee R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was bitten by a stingray in his chest whilst filming an animal program
2006-09-04 06:03:31 · answer #8 · answered by HHH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he and his crew were working on a documentary steve tooka dive under water to film part of it he swim beneath a stingray that was buried in the sand the s^tingray stung him in the chest and that was it.
my god it is so sad. rest in peace mate.
2006-09-04 05:13:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was trying to get high and O.D.ed on stingray venom.
What part of STINGray do you not understand Steve?
Q) What do you get when you cross a croc hunter with a stingray?
A) A dead croc hunter.
2006-09-04 05:17:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋