STEVE IRWIN DEATH FOOTAGE TV
In the United States, where Irwin had appeared in over 200 Discovery Network television programs, special tributes appeared on the Animal Planet channel, as well as on CNN and major TV talk shows. In the days following Irwin's death, reactions dominated Australian online news sources, talk-back radio programs, and television networks. Flags at the Sydney Harbour Bridge were lowered to half-mast in honour of Irwin. The Australian federal parliament opened on 5 September 2006 with condolence speeches by both Howard and the Leader of the Opposition, Kim Beazley. Queensland's then- Premier Peter Beattie remarked that Irwin would "be remembered as not just a great Queenslander, but a great Australian". Then–Australian Prime Minister John Howard expressed "shock and distress" at Irwin's death, saying that "Australia has lost a wonderful and colourful son". News of Irwin's death prompted reactions around the world. The documentary was completed with footage shot in the weeks following the accident, but without including any mention of Irwin's death, aside from a tribute to Irwin at the end. Production was completed on Ocean's Deadliest, which was broadcast in the United States on the Discovery Channel four months after Irwin's death. Irwin's death is the only fatality from a stingray captured on video, although it has not been released to the public, and is one of the few human deaths from stingrays. During a lull in filming caused by inclement weather, Irwin decided to snorkel in shallow waters while being filmed in an effort to provide footage for his daughter Bindi's television program. He was at Batt Reef, near Port Douglas, Queensland, taking part in the production of the documentary Ocean's Deadliest. The stinger penetrated his thoracic wall, causing massive trauma. On 4 September 2006, Australian zookeeper and television personality Steve Irwin died after being pierced in the chest by a stingray barb while filming in the Great Barrier Reef. Pierced in the chest by a short-tail stingray A tribute left in Steve Irwin's memory the day after his death
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