He said the barb of the stingray went through Irwin's chest "like a hot knife through butter". It wasn't until I panned the camera back and Steve was standing in a huge pool of blood, that I realised something had went wrong. He described his horror when he turned back round to film his friend. Initially Lyons said he did not know it had caused any damage, and continued to film as it swam off. Lyons speculated that the animal thought Irwin was a Tiger Shark, and was stinging to protect itself from deadly attack. All of a sudden, it propped on its front, and started stabbing wildly with its tail.
We stood up and said, one last shot - you swim up from behind the animal and I will try and get it swimming away. Mr Lyon described to Australia's Channel Ten Studio Ten what happened next. They are very fast swimmers.Īfter filming for a few minutes, they stood up in the shallow water and decided on one final shot. If they don't want you to be around them they will swim away. Not normally deadly, the pair discussed how they intended to capture the animal on screen before diving in to start rolling. The pair were sailing in shallow water off the coast of Queensland looking for Tiger Sharks when they found the extraordinarily large creature. Justin Lyons, a underwater cameraman Irwin called his "best friend and right hand man" described his furious attempts to save the Crocodile Hunter's life after he was attacked by an eight foot stingray in 2006.
The cameraman who was with Steve Irwin when he died has spoken for the first time about his death.
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