Steve Irwin Dies of Stingray Wound to the Heart
Freak accidents involving injuries to the heart might be the next new category here at A Hearty Life. Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin died on Monday, September 4, 2006 during a dive after a stingray struck him.
His producer, John Stainton, said:
He came over the top of the stingray and the barb went up into his chest and put a hole in his heart.
Our condolences to his wife and co-host Terri and his two young children.
Guardian Unlimited, September 4, 2006
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A Hearty Life » Stingray Pierces Florida Man’s Heart
Oct 20, 2006 at 1:14 pm
[…] In a freak accident similar to the one that took Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin’s life, an 81-year-old man was struck in the chest by a 3-foot-wide stingray while boating on the Intracoastal Waterway of Florida. James Bertakis managed to make it to shore where he was taken by ambulance to Broward General Medical Center. He underwent five hours of surgery to repair puncture wounds to his heart caused by a 2 1/2-inch stingray barb. [Dr. Eugene] Costantini said doctors repaired puncture wounds in Bertakis’ heart from the barb, which entered the left side, pierced the septum separating the two chambers of the heart and then bore through the right side. Doctors saw the barb sticking out of his heart when they began surgery, Costantini said, and pulled it through. […]
frankie
May 29, 2007 at 11:43 pm
i was a mate of connor johnson i feel gutted now hes gone but hes in a safe place and i was at goergian gardens school they had a remeberrance for conor
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