Oh Crikey

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:23 am

Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin killed

9 minutes ago

BRISBANE, Australia - Steve Irwin, the Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray during a diving expedition, Australian media said. He was 44.

Irwin was filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Queensland state when the accident occurred, Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on its Web site.

The Australian Broadcasting Corp. said Irwin was diving near Low Isles near the resort town of Port Douglas, about 1,260 miles north of Brisbane.

abezontar · Post by **abezontar** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:44 am

I heard on the news this morning that he was swimming with some kind of sting ray or manta ray, and it stuck the barb on its tail straight into his heart.

MrMustang1965 · Post by **MrMustang1965** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:47 am

abezontar wrote:I heard on the news this morning that he was swimming with some kind of sting ray or manta ray, and it stuck the barb on its tail straight into his heart.

Yep. Man, that sucks.

that's great raplh · Post by **that's great raplh** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:07 pm

a sad day indeed

poor fella

Mustangs35SMU · Post by **Mustangs35SMU** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:56 pm

that's great raplh wrote:poor fella

I'm not sad for him.

I'm sad for his children and his wife. A 3 yard old son that will never get to know his father now. Terrible.

Best wishes to his friends and family.