Ezekiel86
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- Jun 26, 2006
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This is an absolute tragedy.
Not just for the Australians (as I am one of them) but for the whole world and his millions of fans around the world.
I managed to catch a couple of shows tonight (*note* any non-Australians probably won't know what I'm talking about) being A Current Affair and Enough Rope with Andrew Denton. A Current Affair had a massive segment about Steve Irwin. Apparently Stingray stings are very painful (a small barb through the foot is enough to leave someone in excruciating pain for no less than 6 hours) and he would have had a pretty big one going through him...
It makes me cringe just thinking about the ammount of force it would have ripped through his chest with... That's no way for a legend like him to die...
I remember my sister and I grew up with his shows and we loved him. Lol, remembering those days makes me smile *smiles*. We always thought he was 10ft tall and bulletproof, totally invincible, as if nothing could ever kill him. It was quite touching tonight actually... They showed some old interviews with him on TV and he said in one, upon being asked "Have you ever met your match?" he responded with "The day that I die, is the day I meet my match". Damn... Poor guy... How right he was...
I wish I had a chance to meet him... He's done such great things for the Australian Tourism industry, he even bought massive pieces of land across Australia, America, Fiji and a couple of other countries, just so he could create places of sanctuary for wildlife, as his logic was "If I own it, I can protect it" and he even said if he owned the whole of Australia he would use the whole country as a sanctuary for native wildlife.
He was not only one of our most famous Australian icons (mention Australia to any American and the first thing they'll think of is either Steve Irwin or Crocodile Dundee) but he was also a passionate environmentalist. He has done so much for the Australian wildlife, and wildlife around the world. He is truely a modern day legend and will be missed dearly by all of us.
Our deepest sympathies to you, your family and your friends. May you rest in peace. You will always be with us, remembered and loved as you were.
Not just for the Australians (as I am one of them) but for the whole world and his millions of fans around the world.
I managed to catch a couple of shows tonight (*note* any non-Australians probably won't know what I'm talking about) being A Current Affair and Enough Rope with Andrew Denton. A Current Affair had a massive segment about Steve Irwin. Apparently Stingray stings are very painful (a small barb through the foot is enough to leave someone in excruciating pain for no less than 6 hours) and he would have had a pretty big one going through him...
It makes me cringe just thinking about the ammount of force it would have ripped through his chest with... That's no way for a legend like him to die...
I remember my sister and I grew up with his shows and we loved him. Lol, remembering those days makes me smile *smiles*. We always thought he was 10ft tall and bulletproof, totally invincible, as if nothing could ever kill him. It was quite touching tonight actually... They showed some old interviews with him on TV and he said in one, upon being asked "Have you ever met your match?" he responded with "The day that I die, is the day I meet my match". Damn... Poor guy... How right he was...
I wish I had a chance to meet him... He's done such great things for the Australian Tourism industry, he even bought massive pieces of land across Australia, America, Fiji and a couple of other countries, just so he could create places of sanctuary for wildlife, as his logic was "If I own it, I can protect it" and he even said if he owned the whole of Australia he would use the whole country as a sanctuary for native wildlife.
He was not only one of our most famous Australian icons (mention Australia to any American and the first thing they'll think of is either Steve Irwin or Crocodile Dundee) but he was also a passionate environmentalist. He has done so much for the Australian wildlife, and wildlife around the world. He is truely a modern day legend and will be missed dearly by all of us.
Our deepest sympathies to you, your family and your friends. May you rest in peace. You will always be with us, remembered and loved as you were.