September 4, 2006

TRY TO ACT SURPRISED:


Steve Irwin dead (The Courier-Mail, September 04, 2006)

THE Crocodile Man, Steve Irwin, is dead. He was killed in a freak accident in Cairns, police sources said. It appeared that he was killed by a sting-ray barb that went through his chest, Queensland Police Inspector Russell Rhodes said.

He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary and that's when it occurred.

Ambulance officers confirmed they attended a reef fatality this morning at Batt Reef off Port Douglas.

Mr Irwin was killed just after 11am, Eastern Australian time.

It is understood he was killed instantly.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 4, 2006 12:18 AM
Comments

What a bummer. Mr. Irwin was extremely entertaining and seemed like a nice guy, to boot.

Posted by: Matt Murphy at September 4, 2006 1:52 AM

He died doing what he loved. You'd been led to believe he had it all sussed out (the interactions with dangerous animals), but of course we saw the edited shows - who knows how many times a record of a hairsbreadth escape or minor injury lay on the cutting room floor? At any rate, God Bless him.

Posted by: Bruce Cleaver at September 4, 2006 7:19 AM

Exactly right. He died with his flippers on.

Posted by: Barry Meislin at September 4, 2006 7:34 AM

The Aussie spirit personified!

Posted by: erp at September 4, 2006 7:58 AM

When you step into the ocean, you move to the bottom of the food chain.

Posted by: AllenS at September 4, 2006 9:12 AM

Perfect, AllenS!

Posted by: Arnold Williams at September 4, 2006 9:46 AM
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