| | Wow. This warrants an entry after so long.
"BREAKING NEWS: Steve "The Crocodile Hunter" Irwin is dead after being attacked by a stingray during the
filming of a new TV series.
The 44-year-old's chest is believed to have been pierced by the stingray barb. He was filming an underwater
documentary about 32 nautical miles off Port Douglas when the accident occurred.
According to a Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman, a Cairns ambulance chopper made an emergency
flight to an island in the area at midday today.
An intensive care doctor and a paramedic attempted to revive the popular crocodile wrangler without success.
He was pronounced dead on the island, and his body is now being flown to Cairns.
Mr Irwin - known worldwide as the Crocodile Hunter - is famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his
catchcry "Crikey!". The father of two's Crocodile Hunter program was first broadcast in 1992 and has been
shown around the world on cable network Discovery. He's also starred in movies and has developed the
Australia Zoo wildlife park, north of Brisbane, which was started by his parents Bob and Lyn Irwin."
As far as I can work out, this happened at about midday today, and I found out about it at 3pm coz someone in the hall of the editing suites was talking about it but very few people know right now and it's such a strange concept that a man that became famous for wrestling crocodiles and surviving is dead. And he's all over Queensland: on billboards and ads everywhere - he's our biggest celebrity! - and now he won't be... |
| | Posted 9/4/2006 1:35 PM - 1 View - 4 eProps - 2 comments
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