why did steve irwin die so suddently?

Answer 1

Shortly after 11:00 a.m. local time (01:00 UTC) on 4 September 2006, Irwin was fatally pierced in the chest by a short-tail stingray barb whilst snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef, at Batt Reef, which is located off the coast of Port Douglas in Queensland. Irwin was in the area filming his own documentary, to be called The Ocean's Deadliest, but weather had stalled filming. Irwin decided to take the opportunity to film some shallow water shots for a segment in the television program his daughter Bindi was hosting,[31] when, according to his friend and colleague, John Stainton, he swam too close to one of the animals. "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," said Stainton, who was on board Irwin's boat the Croc One.

The events were caught on camera, and a copy of the footage was handed to the Queensland Police.[32] After reviewing the footage of the incident and speaking to the cameraman who recorded it, marine documentary filmmaker and former spearfisherman Ben Cropp speculated that the stingray "felt threatened because Steve was alongside and there was the cameraman ahead." In such a case, the stingray responds to "danger from above" by automatically flexing the serrated barb on its tail (which can measure up to a maximum of 25cm/10in in length) in an upward motion.

Cropp said Irwin had accidentally boxed in the animal. "It stopped and twisted and threw up its tail with the spike, and it caught him in the chest. It's a defensive thing. It's like being stabbed with a dirty dagger." The stinging of Irwin by the bull ray was "a one-in-a-million thing," Cropp told Time magazine. "I have swum with many rays, and I have only had one do that to me."[33]

Some reports have claimed that after the incident, Irwin was shown on tape pulling the barb out, before losing consciousness, but this was both confirmed and denied by his colleague, John Stainton, in different sources.[34][35][36] It is thought, in the absence of a coroner's report, that a combination of the toxins and the puncture wound from the barb caused Irwin to die of an apparent cardiac arrest, with most damage being inflicted by tears to arteries or other main blood vessels.[37][38] It is also possible that he died quickly as a result of a punctured aorta.[39] Until the coroner's report is released, however, the precise cause of Irwin's death remains conjecture.

Crew members aboard his boat called the emergency services in the nearest city of Cairns and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby the Low Islets to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead when they arrived a short time later.[31] According to Dr. Ed O'Loughlin, who treated Irwin, "it became clear fairly soon that he had non-survivable injuries. . . . He had a penetrating injury to the left front of his chest. He had lost his pulse and wasn't breathing."[40]

Irwin's body was flown to a morgue in Cairns. His wife was on a walking tour in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in Tasmania at the time, and returned via a private plane from Devonport to the Sunshine Coast with their two children.[31]

As of 1996, only seventeen worldwide fatalities had been recorded due to stingrays,[41] [42] and it is believed to be the only fatality from a stingray ever captured on film.[43]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin
http://www.cdnn.info/news/eco/e060905.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/05/obituaries/05irwin.html?ref=asia

Answer 2

There are several reasons why Steve would have died suddenly. First, if in fact he managed to pull the stinger out and the heart or a major artery was punctured, he would have had a rapid loss of blood pressure which results in rapid unconsciousness and certain death in 5 minutes. Another possibility is that the stinger was close to the heart regardless of puncture. A sting ray has poison sacks that are attached to the stinger. The poison consist of a neural toxin protein that causes muscular contractions and intense pain, and some enzymes that break down tissues. If the stinger was even close to the heart the poison from the stinger would have caused heart to contract which would interfere with the normal beat of the heart. The venom sacks often are with the stinger so any attempt to remove the stinger increases the poison released into the wound. This would increase the heart contractions and cause blood not to flow.

Answer 3

What do you want to hear freak accident, hasn't been one since the 60's, or that we have 5 exit points in our lives, times when we come close to death, maybe even by changing what we were going to do we skippped that exit point. Not sure why Steve went this early only 44, but we do have a plan when we come on this earth and maybe He was at the end. So many times He came close to leaving, but it wasn't his time, He had more to do. Now I realize He still had more to do and a family, who I feel aweful for. So all I can really tell you is there is a plan and a purpose and that even though lots of people won't understand why him, now and his family will never get over this, He truely is Home.

God Bless, I do.

Answer 4

worldwide information community insurance - because of the fact the worldwide mourns the dying of Steve Irwin, "The Crocodile Hunter," police proceed to inspect his freakish dying. became into Irwin particularly killed in an coincidence or became into he murdered by a jealous team member? The barbed spike of a stingray leaves a wound that seems very very resembling a serrated knife or bayonet wound, Cairns police have mentioned. John Stainton, Irwin's supervisor, is quoted as asking, "Who became into there, who witnessed the attack?" Police are thinking different witnesses in connection with the attack, apparently attempting to make certain if there is room for suspicion surrounding his dying. The incident continues to be under study.

Answer 5

From what I've seen, Steve Irwin pulled out the Sting Ray', barb with a good deal of force, in doing so he could have made the final cut on his own. REST IN PEACE CROCK. MAN...LATER............

Answer 6

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

Answer 7

The barb from the stingray punctured his heart,along with injecting him with a poison.

Answer 8

because he wa stabbed at the heart by a sting ray...funny how he died with something like a sting ray when he always goes wherever to wrestle alligators and more vicious creatures...and then he gets stabbed by a sting ray!!!

Answer 9

...What the first answerer said. The stingray got him in the heart and he couldn't get to the hospital fast enough.

Answer 10

Because he pulled out the stingray. In that moment, the "sea-cat" injected more venom