R.I.P. Steve Irwin
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Monday, 4 September 2006
John Stainton, good friend and producer of Steve Irwin's Film Company, Best Picture, held a press conference earlier today outlining the circumstances of Steve's untimely death and the events that surrounded it.
A very emotional Mr. Stainton said that he had lost a very dear and close friend.
"Today the world has lost a great wildlife icon, a passionate conservationist and one of the proudest Dad's on the planet. He died doing what he loved best, he left this world in a happy and peaceful state of mind, he would've said 'crocs rule'," he said.
Steve Irwin and his team had been filming a new documentary, titled Ocean's Deadliest, at Batt Reef off the coast of the resort town of Port Douglas, when the accident occurred.
"Steve decided to shoot a couple of segments for a new TV show that he's doing with his daughter Bindi and, with the cameramen, went out on to the reef at Batt Reef to do a little segment on stingrays. He came over the top of the stingray... and the stingray's barb went up and went into his chest and put a hole into his heart."
Mr. Stainton said the team responded quickly to get Steve back to his research vessel Croc 1 and then on to Low Isles where they were to meet an emergency rescue team.
"We were doing constant CPR trying to resuscitate him... when we got there it was probably ten to twelve and by twelve o'clock when the emergency crew arrived they pronounced him dead."
Mr. Stainton said that his personal and professional relationship with Steve had been one of many years.
"He was one of my best, closest friends, we've been together for 20 years, we've been shooting documentaries for fifteen years, I've never known a more professional man in my life and a more passionate person on wildlife and conservation issues."
Mr. Stainton believes that the poor weather experienced in the far north may have been, in part, the cause of Steve Irwin's death.
"One problem Steve had was that he couldn't sit still for five seconds and because the weather was bad today and for the last couple of days, he'd been like a caged lion because he hadn't really been able to do anything too much and he said 'look I might just go off and shoot some segments'... anything that would keep him moving and his adrenaline going and that's what happened... and the next thing I heard on the radio was that there was a medical emergency and the little dinghy was bringing him back with the crew... everyone tried absolutely tirelessly to revive him, to keep him alive."
Monday, 4 September 2006
John Stainton, good friend and producer of Steve Irwin's Film Company, Best Picture, held a press conference earlier today outlining the circumstances of Steve's untimely death and the events that surrounded it.
A very emotional Mr. Stainton said that he had lost a very dear and close friend.
"Today the world has lost a great wildlife icon, a passionate conservationist and one of the proudest Dad's on the planet. He died doing what he loved best, he left this world in a happy and peaceful state of mind, he would've said 'crocs rule'," he said.
Steve Irwin and his team had been filming a new documentary, titled Ocean's Deadliest, at Batt Reef off the coast of the resort town of Port Douglas, when the accident occurred.
"Steve decided to shoot a couple of segments for a new TV show that he's doing with his daughter Bindi and, with the cameramen, went out on to the reef at Batt Reef to do a little segment on stingrays. He came over the top of the stingray... and the stingray's barb went up and went into his chest and put a hole into his heart."
Mr. Stainton said the team responded quickly to get Steve back to his research vessel Croc 1 and then on to Low Isles where they were to meet an emergency rescue team.
"We were doing constant CPR trying to resuscitate him... when we got there it was probably ten to twelve and by twelve o'clock when the emergency crew arrived they pronounced him dead."
Mr. Stainton said that his personal and professional relationship with Steve had been one of many years.
"He was one of my best, closest friends, we've been together for 20 years, we've been shooting documentaries for fifteen years, I've never known a more professional man in my life and a more passionate person on wildlife and conservation issues."
Mr. Stainton believes that the poor weather experienced in the far north may have been, in part, the cause of Steve Irwin's death.
"One problem Steve had was that he couldn't sit still for five seconds and because the weather was bad today and for the last couple of days, he'd been like a caged lion because he hadn't really been able to do anything too much and he said 'look I might just go off and shoot some segments'... anything that would keep him moving and his adrenaline going and that's what happened... and the next thing I heard on the radio was that there was a medical emergency and the little dinghy was bringing him back with the crew... everyone tried absolutely tirelessly to revive him, to keep him alive."
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I've been reading the news reports about this during the day and this is indeed a great loss. A true character who could instantly captivate viewers attentions with his enthusiasm and passion for the animals he helped and studied.
"CRIKEY!! Did ya see those teeth, WOOOOOO! that was a warning sign, but I'm gonna pick him up anyway...he doesnt want me too but i wanna get a closer look at this little tucker!WOOOOOOOO!!"
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"CRIKEY!! Did ya see those teeth, WOOOOOO! that was a warning sign, but I'm gonna pick him up anyway...he doesnt want me too but i wanna get a closer look at this little tucker!WOOOOOOOO!!"
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These days when for some reason people seem to put enviromental issues to the side more and more and many seem like they couldn't care less about the nature, a guy like Steve was a much needed goldmine. They only showed his shows here on the skychannels, but whenever I catched one, I throughly enjoyed it. R.I.P. Steve.
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well maybe his heart shouldn't have been in the right place this time !Loopz wrote:Thats sad news as he had his heart in the right place and was always entertaining to watch. RIP
I always thought a crocodile or Lion woulda got him,
indeed a big loss
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Steve Irwin walks into a pub full of stingrays, the landlord shouts at him...get out, you're barbed...
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"Let's face it, "digital sound" is a misnomer...
Unless you plug the wires directly into your skull, at the end of the chain is a set of speakers pumping back-and-forth turning ANY signal into analogue waves..."
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Unless you plug the wires directly into your skull, at the end of the chain is a set of speakers pumping back-and-forth turning ANY signal into analogue waves..."