Monday, September 04, 2006

Everyone's Favorite Crocidile Hunter..Steve Irwin Dead at 44




I was indeed very saddened to hear of Steve Irwin's death..and what bad luck was that..to be stung..in the heart no less..by a Stingray on a diving expedition for a documentary. Life need not imitate fiction with stories like this one.



From the Associated Press:

CAIRNS, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the “Crocodile Hunter,” was killed Monday by a stingray while filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.

Irwin was killed by a stingray barb to the heart on Batt Reef, off the remote resort town of Port Douglas in northeastern Queensland state, his wildlife park Australia Zoo said in a statement.

Crew members aboard Irwin’s boat, Croc One, called emergency services in the nearest city, Cairns, and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead a short time later, the statement said.

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Deepest condolances to his wife child and family.

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