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Terri Irwin Interview
Shortly after 11:00am local time on 3 September 2006, Irwin was fatally pierced in the chest by a stingray barb while diving in Queensland's Batt Reef, which is part of the Great Barrier Reef. The events were caught on camera and the footage is now in the possession of Queensland Police.Irwin was in the area filming his own documentary, to be called The Ocean's Deadliest, but weather had stalled filming. Irwin decided to take the opportunity to film some shallow water shots for a segment in the television program his daughter Bindi was hosting.After reviewing the footage of the incident and speaking to the cameraman who recorded it, marine documentary filmmaker and former spearfishing champion Ben Cropp speculated that the stingray "felt threatened because Steve was alongside and there was the cameraman ahead..." In such a case, the animal responds by automatically flexing the serrated barb on its tail, which is up to 30 centimeters (roughly 12 inches) in length, upward. In this case, the motion struck Irwin's chest and pierced his heart.Crewmembers aboard his boat called emergency services in the nearest city of Cairns and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead when they arrived a short time later.
Bindi's letter to her daddy
My Daddy Was My Hero !"My Daddy was my hero - he was always there for me when I needed him."He listened to me and taught me so many things but most of all he was fun."I know that daddy had an important job. He was working to change the world so everyone would love wildlife like he did."He built a hospital to help animals and he bought lots of land to give animals a safe place to live."He took me and my brother and my mum with him all the time. We filmed together, caught crocodiles together and loved being in the bush together."I don't want daddy's passion to ever end."I want to help endangered wildlife just like he did."I have the best daddy in the whole world and I will miss him every day.
"When I see a crocodile I will always think of him and I know that daddy made this zoo so everyone could come and learn to love all the animals."Daddy made this place his whole life and now it's our turn to help daddy."