“I’m dying”, Steve Irwin’s final words revealed by cameraman

The article narrates a revelation of the underwater cameramen, Justin Lyons, who shot the fatal last scene of the Australian popular wild-life presenter, Steve Irwin. Irwin died back in 5 September 2006 when he was stabbed by a stingray. The cameraman was the only person to witness Irwin’s final moment in “Crocodile Hunter”. Lyons said that Irwin swam behind a stingray as he was trying to get a shot of it swimming away. Lyons saw with his own eyes when Irwin’s chest was stabbed wildly by the stingray’s jagged, sharp and venomous tail like a hot knife through butter. At that moment, Irwin was upright in a huge pool of blood and he was in extreme pain when Lyons dragged him above the water. He had a two-inch injury over his heart with blood coming out of it. While Irwin fought for his life, he just calmly looked up at Lyons and said “I’m dying”. That was the last thing he said. Then the medics who came in the next hour pronounced that he died. In my opinion, it’s a very sad day for animal-lovers that their “brave hero” had died in such a tragic way. In Indonesia, Steve Irwin is a very famous Australian, indicated from the survey with the question of ‘what do you thinking when you hear about Australia’, immediately the respondents will answer: Steve Irwin. Apparently, this is not surprising because “Crocodile Hunter”, the documentary program about wild-life animals hosted by Irwin, had a high rating in Indonesian TV show programs. He was adored by Indonesian TV viewers because of his bravery when documenting various wild and dangerous animals, such as crocodiles, snakes, and numerous species of big fish. He, therefore, was considered as a die-hard man having 9 lives in his pocket. So we were very shocked when we heard that he had died because of a stingray. For most people, he was a genuine animal-lover and a responsible man in his job, insisting that the cameras must always stay rolling regardless of any accident. Finally, memories with Steve Irwin are immortal and last forever.( LFN)