Aussie croc hunter Steve Irwin killed in 'freak' stingray attack
Make it short to understand.- he is World-famous Australian "crocodile hunter"
- he been killed by a stingray blow to the chest while filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef
- was killed when a stingray barb punctured his heart during underwater filming off northeastern Australia
- "He came over the top of a stingray and the stingray's barb went up and went into his chest and put a hole into his heart,"
-"It's likely that he possibly died instantly when the barb hit him, and I don't think that he ... felt any pain," a tearful Stainton told reporters in the city of Cairns. "He died doing what he loved best."
- Police and officials at Irwin's zoo confirmed his death in the freak incident that took place at about 11:00 am (0100 GMT) off the coast of Port Douglas in the northeastern Australian state of Queensland.
-"If it hits any vital organs it's as deadly as a bayonet," they said.
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