In fact, Bob Irwin said that Steve was in pain nearly 100 percent of the time. Money Diaries: A 24-year-old management consultant on €32K in Dublin. I had the camera on, I thought this is going to be a great shot, and all of sudden it propped on its front and started stabbing wildly, hundreds of strikes in a few seconds. "He obviously didn't know it had punctured his heart but he knew it had punctured his lung," Lyons told Australia's Network Ten television. Adverts.ie | Boards.ie | Even if we'd been able to get him into an emergency ward at that moment we probably wouldn't have been able to save him, because the damage to his heart was massive. ", Lyons added: "He had a two-inch wide injury over his heart, with blood and fluid coming out of it. I didn't even know it had caused any damage. At the time, Steve Irwin’s death was ruled an accident, but an insider close to Irwin has now come forth to say that foul play may have been involved. Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you, THE CAMERAMAN WHO witnessed the death of Australian “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin has revealed a stingray stabbed at him “hundreds of times” and his final words were “I’m dying.”. As we're motoring back I'm screaming at one of the other crew in the boat to put their hand over the wound and we're saying to him things like, 'Think of your kids, Steve, hang on, hang on, hang on.' ", Irwin was returned to the main boat and Lyons tried to revive him: "We hoped for a miracle. Baxter Dmitry is a writer at Your News Wire. Irwin and Lyons were just over a week into filming a series called Ocean's Deadliest on the Great Barrier Reef in September 2006 when they took an inflatable boat a short distance from the main vessel carrying the rest of the crew in the hope of finding a tiger shark, Lyons said. We use cookies and other technologies to customize your experience, perform analytics and deliver personalized advertising on our sites, apps and newsletters and across the Internet based on your interests. For more information on cookies please refer to our cookies policy. The last words Steve Irwin reportedly spoke were “I’m dying.” But new reports are saying that the true cause of Steve Irwin’s death was covered up 10 years ago. Some fans of Steve Irwin and his long-running show, The Crocodile Hunter, are saying the rumor is absurd and reopening the case would just reopen wounds for his family. Instead they came across a 2.4-metre-wide stingray, and entered chest-deep water to film it. Please enable cookies on your web browser in order to continue. Lyons said he initially did not realise his friend was hurt: "I panned with the camera as the stingray swam away. And that was the last thing he said.". News images provided by Press Association and Photocall Ireland unless otherwise stated. The documentary lived up to its name, but “ shock and distress ” spread across the world after Steve Irwin was fatally stabbed hundreds of times, as reported by the Washington Post in 2014. See our Privacy Policy and Third Party Partners to learn more about the use of data and your rights. TheJournal.ie | Later he also negates what he said which has raised many questions and confusions that maybe his death was also staged by some conspiracy as has been of … The Explainer is a weekly podcast from TheJournal.ie that takes a deeper look at one big news story you need to know about. The 18-year-old also shared a photo of Steve Irwin holding her as a baby and added that she loves him “more than words can describe.”. , TheJournal.ie supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice. We rely on readers like you to uphold a free press. Justin Lyons was the cameraman at the time and shot video of the tragic death, which was later handed to Irwin’s widow Terri and has never been aired. So, while the new reports may just be rumors, it’s not unheard of for someone to take psilocybin mushrooms for pain relief, according to WebMD. Instead, it struck out, apparently believing Irwin’s shadow was a tiger shark, one of its predators. Steve Irwin could not have been saved, says witness to stingray attack This article is more than 6 years old.