We noted in the previous article how dangerous animals in the Tropics are, and we were not kidding. We have just received the devastating news from Port Douglas, and it is just too sad. Steve Irwin was a champion and a true hero for all of us - he will be remembered for all the right reasons. Below is the media statement released on the Australia Zoo website earlier today. Our thoughts go out to his wife Terri and their two young children Bindi and Bob.
Media statement – 4 September 2006
Steve Irwin
At 11am today, the 4th September 2006, Steve Irwin was fatally wounded by a stingray barb to his heart whilst filming a sequence on Batt Reef off Port Douglas for his daughter’s new TV series. Emergency services were called from Cairns Rescue Base and met Croc One, Steve’s rescue vessel at Low Isle on the Great Barrier Reef. The Croc One crew performed constant CPR during the thirty minute dash to Low Isle, but the medical staff pronounced Steve dead at approx. 12 noon.
His producer and closest friend, John Stainton said on Croc One today,“The world has lost a great wildlife icon, a passionate conservationist and one of the proudest Dads on the planet. He died doing what he loves best and left this world in a happy and peaceful state of mind. Crocs Rule! ”
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