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The cameraman who filmed Steve Irwin's death eight years ago has come forward about the adventurer's final moments.
"We're saying to him things like, 'Think of your kids, Steve, hang on, hang on, hang on,'" Justin Lyons told Australian morning show Studio 10 on Sunday. "And he just sort of calmly looked up at me and said, 'I'm dying,' and that was the last thing he said."
Irwin, beloved host of Animal Planet's The Crocodile Hunter, was killed in September 2006 by a stingray while shooting a documentary off the coast of Australia. He was 44.
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"All of a sudden it propped on its front and started stabbing wildly with its tail, hundreds of strikes in a few seconds," he said. "It probably thought that Steve's shadow was a tiger shark, which feeds on them very regularly.
I panned with the camera as the stingray swam away, I didn't even know it had caused any damage. It wasn't until I panned the camera back, that Steve was standing in a huge pool of blood, that I realized something had gone wrong."
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"It didn't come out. Steve didn't pull it out. It's a jagged, sharp barb and it went through his chest like a hot knife through butter. He thought it had punctured his lung," Lyons said. "He had about a two-inch-wide injury over his heart with blood and fluid coming out of it."
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20795426,00.html
Champion Jack
(5,378 posts)..CRIKEY!!!
Ligyron
(7,639 posts)not as bad as, "My, he certainly was grumpy!"
Logical
(22,457 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,377 posts)The world is a lesser place without Steve Irwin.
Tikki
(14,559 posts)Steve knew something when he married the young lady from Oregon Terri has been the best Mom and
wildlife representative.
His memory is well represented in his family.
Tikki
Codeine
(25,586 posts)No, those two are not good stewards of his legacy at all.
Tikki
(14,559 posts)years of work that has made a difference.
Tikki
Codeine
(25,586 posts)in the wake of Blackfish. Before one could plausibly feign ignorance, but nobody can possibly do so now.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)I nearly died laughing. For the next month or so, every time I looked in her direction: SPOIDAH!
A HERETIC I AM
(24,377 posts)Did she start using words like "Blimey" and "Crikey"?
LOL...too funny.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Richardo
(38,391 posts)struggle4progress
(118,338 posts)Yup! That's Steve with his then one-month old son. What could possible go wrong? In Steve's view, nothing! But I personally think he should at least have been supporting the infant's head
Logical
(22,457 posts)struggle4progress
(118,338 posts)children and untrained adults from entering crocodile enclosures"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin#Death
Lex
(34,108 posts)OMG, people flipped out. The Steve Irwin lovers versus the "he was too reckless and stupid, it was bound to happen" crowd. And the "think of the children," no "think of the stingrays" contingencies.
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)Those threads crossed my mind when I came across the story on twitter today.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)sadly.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)you know it is bad
uppityperson
(115,679 posts)would tease it until it struck then go "oooooo, look how close that was".
People seeing animals +
Provoking them to strike -
RIP Mr Irwin