crikey i wish i hadn't woken up so early today to see this:
One of my personal heros has passed away, Steven Irwin the Crocodile Hunter.
I'm gonna post some of the copy from Reuters that I saw this morning when I got up just to check my email and found the story to my surprise:
"SYDNEY (Reuters) - Steve Irwin, the quirky Australian naturalist who won worldwide acclaim, was killed by a stingray barb through the chest on Monday while diving off Australia's northeast coast, emergency officials and witnesses said.
"Steve was hit by a stingray in the chest," said local diving operator Steve Edmondson, whose Poseidon boats were out on the Great Barrier Reef when the accident occurred.
"He probably died from a cardiac arrest from the injury," he said.
Police and ambulance officials later confirmed Irwin had died and said his family had been advised.
Irwin, 44, was killed while filming an underwater documentary off Port Douglas.
Irwin had been diving off his boat "Croc One" near Batt Reef northeast of Port Douglas. A helicopter had taken paramedics to nearby Low Isles where Irwin was taken for medical treatment but he was dead before they arrived, police said."
My thoughts go out to his family. Needless to say I'm totally bummed being a huge fan who even had the Croc Hunter birthday cake for my 22nd birthday! I guess the only thing that helps is knowing he passed doing something he loved.
I'm gonna post some of the copy from Reuters that I saw this morning when I got up just to check my email and found the story to my surprise:
"SYDNEY (Reuters) - Steve Irwin, the quirky Australian naturalist who won worldwide acclaim, was killed by a stingray barb through the chest on Monday while diving off Australia's northeast coast, emergency officials and witnesses said.
"Steve was hit by a stingray in the chest," said local diving operator Steve Edmondson, whose Poseidon boats were out on the Great Barrier Reef when the accident occurred.
"He probably died from a cardiac arrest from the injury," he said.
Police and ambulance officials later confirmed Irwin had died and said his family had been advised.
Irwin, 44, was killed while filming an underwater documentary off Port Douglas.
Irwin had been diving off his boat "Croc One" near Batt Reef northeast of Port Douglas. A helicopter had taken paramedics to nearby Low Isles where Irwin was taken for medical treatment but he was dead before they arrived, police said."
My thoughts go out to his family. Needless to say I'm totally bummed being a huge fan who even had the Croc Hunter birthday cake for my 22nd birthday! I guess the only thing that helps is knowing he passed doing something he loved.