Crocodile Hunter Death to Be Broadcast

[Brian Damage]

HOLLYWOOD - The footage of late Australian naturalist Steve Irwin being killed by a stingray could be shown on TV.
Charismatic Irwin, dubbed the Crocodile Hunter after his internationally acclaimed TV show, died yesterday while diving on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

Irwin was filming for a new documentary when he lost his life, and his cameraman shot the moment when the stingray's barbed tail stabbed the legendary conservationist through the heart.

The tapes are currently being held by Queensland police--but Irwin's family is determined to respect his last wishes and allow the harrowing footage to be broadcast.

Irwin once insisted, "My number one rule is to keep that camera rolling. Even if it's shaky or slightly out of focus, I don't give a rip.

"Even if a big old alligator is chewing me up I want to go down and go, 'Crikey!' just before I die. That would be the ultimate for me."

An insider tells British newspaper the Daily Star, "This is exactly what Steve would have wanted. He knew the dangers and was totally up for the cameras to get everything."

[Ireneparalegal]

I wonder who will be the first to show it. I seen a special on him last night on Fox News. I bet it will be them.

[Hollow]

ha, i was thinking it would be disrespectful to his family to broadcast his gruesome death, but whatever floats their boat is fine with me. i won't deny that it would be interersting.

[Lamont]

well i just dont really understand

if my wife was killed this way, i dont want it being played over and over on tv

but if the family is ok with it, and if it was his wish---- then i guess it should be played :(

[Superstar]

I think its disrespectful to show the footage, but like Sarah said, whatever floats their boat.

[theshark8777]

The report I saw just a few minutes ago said that this tape has been turned over to the police. And will probably not be seen by many. We'll see. I can't believe his family actually want it aired.

[moeee]

If they do broadcast it, i wont be searching for it on the internet. Why would somebody want to watch someone die?

That's just very rude and disrespectful to me.

[KissMyGrits]

It may be rude and disrespectful to some. However, I believe that it is what Steve Irwin would have wanted. He wanted the camera to roll at all times. Even when he was seriously injured he never cut the footage. It was just the type of person he was. Many times he had said that if he was ever injured or killed it wasn't the animals fault. They were just doing what came naturally.

I can't say that I would want to watch it. It is just too hard to think about, let alone watch. But he would have wanted it that way....

[Janice]

I guess it's a personal decision, but I could never watch it. I don't think I could watch it if it was my own husband. I couldn't handle it.

[savageamusement]

Great - I am sure someday, that is exactly what the mom wants to worry about her daughter seeing.


See daddy die.

Not appropriate at all

[MsOrange]

Great - I am sure someday, that is exactly what the mom wants to worry about her daughter seeing.


See daddy die.

Not appropriate at all
The mom was the one to make the decision.

If it's fine w/ the family, then it's fine by me. As long as the family is making the decision.

[Brad]

John Stainton, Irwin's longtime friend and producer, had other things in mind. On Larry King Live tonight, he stated that he hopes that the tapes are destroyed once the police have completed their investigation.

[Ags2000]

The mom was the one to make the decision.

If it's fine w/ the family, then it's fine by me. As long as the family is making the decision.


I don't think any decision has been made at all. I believe at this point it is alot of speculation. How do we know what Teri has decided??? Nobody has heard from her publically and I doubt no one will for several weeks.

I've heard talk of it being aired, but thats all it is at this point, talk.

D

[80sTrivia]

The footage would be far too gruesome for me to watch, but I realize there is a macabre fascination with death. If his family agrees to allow the footage to be shown, that certainly is their right, I just don't think I could bring myself to watch Steve's final moments... :(

[MsOrange]

I don't think any decision has been made at all. I believe at this point it is alot of speculation. How do we know what Teri has decided??? Nobody has heard from her publically and I doubt no one will for several weeks.

I've heard talk of it being aired, but thats all it is at this point, talk.

D
Like I said, if the family is the one to make the decision, it's fine by me.

Personally, I wouldn't want it aired. Seems disrespectful. But like someone else said, whatever floats their boat.

[Ireneparalegal]

I don't think any decision has been made at all. I believe at this point it is alot of speculation. How do we know what Teri has decided??? Nobody has heard from her publically and I doubt no one will for several weeks.

I've heard talk of it being aired, but thats all it is at this point, talk.

D
I so agree with you on that.

If anything good comes out of showing this footage, is that people will see and learn that sting-rays can kill. It is a rarity, but it can occur. I never even knew abt the barb of a sting-ray until Steve was killed. I had seen sting-rays just a few weeks ago at the beach and at a sea aquarium in Santa Barbara...what I didn't know was that in the aquarium, the officials "saw" down the barb, clip them, etc. much like cutting one's nails with nail clippers. This way the public can touch them without them being harmed. In the ocean, they mostly "sting" their victims...along the coast of California it is mainstream, happens all the time.

After this with Steve, it is now a different story and shows what can occur when diving or swimming out in the ocean. It is no different than shark attacks. It is rare to get killed by a shark, it is more common to be injured/attacked by one and survive.

Sorry it took the death of a beloved man for us to realize the dangers.

[savageamusement]

Well the sad thing is, is it might not come down to his family haveing a choice if the station owns the footage.

I just hope whatever decision is made, its made with the thought of the fmaily in mind :(

[Courtnee]

I'm not sure how I feel about this. They'd put anything on TV now.

[Ags2000]

Being killed by a stingray is alot more rare than being killed by a shark. I read something recently that said less then 20 peopple have EVER died from being stung by a stingray. That is how rare it is.

It's kinda like a few years back the kid that died while playing footbal when he was tackled. The kid was hit in the chest for the tackle during the milisecond that his heart was in the process of beating and it caused it to stop and kill the kid.

This was one of those thing of where it was a 1 in probably 1 billion shot to get part the rib cage and actually pierce the heart. This doesn't make stingrays anymore vicious or dangerous as before, it was just a freak accident.

I volunteer at an aquarium, and the lady I work with emailed all the volunteers the following picture. I think it is a fitting tribute.

D

[Ireneparalegal]

Being killed by a stingray is alot more rare than being killed by a shark. I read something recently that said less then 20 peopple have EVER died from being stung by a stingray. That is how rare it is.

It's kinda like a few years back the kid that died while playing footbal when he was tackled. The kid was hit in the chest for the tackle during the milisecond that his heart was in the process of beating and it caused it to stop and kill the kid.

This was one of those thing of where it was a 1 in probably 1 billion shot to get part the rib cage and actually pierce the heart. This doesn't make stingrays anymore vicious or dangerous as before, it was just a freak accident.

I volunteer at an aquarium, and the lady I work with emailed all the volunteers the following picture. I think it is a fitting tribute.

D

It was a freak accident. Which makes those who say that "he deserved it" or "was asking for it" a bunch of malarkey.

That pic is so sad!:(

[KissMyGrits]

Here is another cartoon..

[passionsfan79]

Iam suprised that they are gonna air it. I never really heard of this guy but I agree I don't think its right to show it on air. I doubt I will be watching it.

[theshark8777]

Iam suprised that they are gonna air it. I never really heard of this guy but I agree I don't think its right to show it on air. I doubt I will be watching it.

Crikey, you never heard of him you say?

[Dumballa]

Other than it being leaked out somehow . . . I doubt very much that it will ever be on like Animal Planet or anything. So again I will be very suprised if ever plays on anything other than a love of death website. But if it gets to that point who knows how far it will go. Just not something that will ever air on network tv.

[Beavis]

this is just too sad.... :(

[80sTrivia]

Apparently, Steve's family do not wish for the video footage capturing his last moments made available to the public for viewing and it will be destroyed, which is a good thing:

http://www.nbc10.com/news/9799239/detail.html

[TheGreatPretender]

The thought of that is so disgusting.

[Ireneparalegal]

Apparently, Steve's family do not wish for the video footage capturing his last moments made available to the public for viewing and it will be destroyed, which is a good thing:

http://www.nbc10.com/news/9799239/detail.html
Let's hope so. But! I bet it won't stop some idiots from making their own tape and showing it on the internet claiming it is the real thing.:rolleyes:

[Hollow]

Apparently, Steve's family do not wish for the video footage capturing his last moments made available to the public for viewing and it will be destroyed, which is a good thing:

http://www.nbc10.com/news/9799239/detail.html
that's what i would want.

[Mrs. Periwinkle]

I hope they don't show it...thanks for posting that article. I know that if my husband (if I had one) had died, I wouldn't want it to be broadcast! If it does air, I know I won't be watching. I can't watch a fake death in a movie, let alone seeing a real person die like that.