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Final moments of 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin
Cairns, Australia, Sept. 5 (AP): ``Crocodile Hunter'' Steve Irwin was videotaped pulling a poisonous stingray barb from his chest moments before losing consciousness forever, a witness said Tuesday.
The tape of the final moments Monday of the man known by TV audiences worldwide for his infectious enthusiasm in hosting wildlife program ``The Crocodile Hunter'' has been secured by Queensland state police as evidence for a coroner's inquiry.
Irwin, 44, was snorkeling and shooting footage for a new wildlife project he was making with daughter Bindi, 8, for airing next year in the United States when he was fatally wounded off the north Queensland coast.
Irwin's manager and producer John Stainton described the footage, which he had seen, as ``shocking.''
``It shows that Steve came over the top of the ray and the tail came up, and spiked him here (in the chest), and he pulled it out and the next minute he's gone,'' Stainton told reporters in Cairns, where Irwin's body was taken for an autopsy.
``That was it. The cameraman had to shut down,'' Stainton said.
Cairns, Australia, Sept. 5 (AP): ``Crocodile Hunter'' Steve Irwin was videotaped pulling a poisonous stingray barb from his chest moments before losing consciousness forever, a witness said Tuesday.
The tape of the final moments Monday of the man known by TV audiences worldwide for his infectious enthusiasm in hosting wildlife program ``The Crocodile Hunter'' has been secured by Queensland state police as evidence for a coroner's inquiry.
Irwin, 44, was snorkeling and shooting footage for a new wildlife project he was making with daughter Bindi, 8, for airing next year in the United States when he was fatally wounded off the north Queensland coast.
Irwin's manager and producer John Stainton described the footage, which he had seen, as ``shocking.''
``It shows that Steve came over the top of the ray and the tail came up, and spiked him here (in the chest), and he pulled it out and the next minute he's gone,'' Stainton told reporters in Cairns, where Irwin's body was taken for an autopsy.
``That was it. The cameraman had to shut down,'' Stainton said.