Bob and Bindi Irwin
Steve and Bindi Irwin
John Howard and Bindi
Russell and Bindi
Bindi
Posted on 09/06/2006 1:00:59 AM PDT by beaversmom
IT was the best Father's Day present Steve Irwin could have asked for – a moving tribute from his eight-year-old daughter telling the world how she loved him "very, very much."
In Irwin's last magazine interview, Bindi told the September edition of marie claire in it's Father's Day special just how much her dad meant to her: "I love that he's funny, he's entertaining and he's always there when I need him most.
"I'm proud to have a dad like that, who takes on conservation issues around the world.
"I love him very, very much."
For Irwin, the rare father-daughter interview and photo was so treasured he requested all photos from the shoot be sent to him – a series Bindi will now treasure forever.
While Irwin had knocked back previous interview requests, he agreed to the shoot as it was "something he and Bindi could do together," a spokeswoman for the magazine said.
In the interview he said his daughter had inherited his love of animals: "The most important thing in Bindi's life is that she's grown up in a zoo. Bindi's passionate about animals, but she's also into singing, dancing and dress-ups, like any other little girl.
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Bob and Bindi Irwin
Steve and Bindi Irwin
John Howard and Bindi
Russell and Bindi
Bindi
My sympathy goes out to his wife and children.
Bob Irwin
Bindi Sue thought the world of her father, and was excited to have a baby brother (though she admitted she would have liked a sister) when Baby Bob was born.
They are both too cute. They look a lot like their dad.
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Gosh, what beautiful babies...
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Both are adorable. Baby Bob reminds me of my brother-in-law's nephew who lives in Denmark. Both are the same age. Yet he doesn't understand english yet, he'll be taught english when he turns about 9 years of age.
I did read the press release from the head of Discovery Channel Inc., and he said that they have set up a fund in Steve's name for wildlife conservation and awareness and Zoo Australia, a second fund to help Terri and the kids, and they renamed the garden in front of Discovery Channel Headquarter's in Maryland in Steve's name.
He's there when I need him most...except he's now dead because he thrived on the thrill-seeking and attention that his antics were all about.
How sad.
He chose to put himself in harm's way for fun and profit.
It was entertaining. We were all voyeurs.
He will be missed.
Even more by his family.
A tragic and fully avoidable death.
Hmm? How so?
Chasing deadly animals is fraught with risks, as evidenced by his death.
Most people know to avoid deadly animals. He chose to provoke them for the camera. That choice caused his death.
Totally avoidable. Totally.
He was snorkeling in water only a few feet deep. There have only been 17 deaths from stingrays worldwide, ever. It was as much an accident as was the death of his mother from a drunk-driver. Unless you are suggesting he should have stayed home, hid under his blanket, and the riskiest thing he should have done was to watch the Wiggles on TV? 40,000 people died on America's highways last year. It was a freak accident the same as any of those highway deaths. Nothing to do with risk-taking or living a dangerous lifestyle. There are an average of 12 dog-bite deaths a year in the U.S. so maybe anyone who gets near a dog is a thrill-seeker? You could have made that claim that it was his lifestyle that killed him had a dangerous animal killed him that people don't normally go near, but this was not one of them.
You make a good point.
Post#12 was my response...
When my kids were much younger, I used to quite routinely travel to quite dangerous locations and do some quite dangerous things, because it was my job and it was something I passionately believed in. I even went to war while I still had quite young kids because I'd committed myself to something I regarded as important.
Every soldier, sailor, and airman, every cop and firefighter - every day they do a job that is fraught with risk. Every day they do a job that sometimes, tragically, kills people.
Plenty of people do it - and thank God they do.
I don't entirely get Steve Irwin's passion for what he did - but that it was very real and very serious is obvious.
I understand your point.
A stingray is not a "deadly animal" as evidenced by the fact that only 17 people have been killed by stingrays ever. In the Bahamas, they let you ride on them as they swim around. His death by one was a fluke, a freak accident. More people are killed by dogs and horses each year than have ever been killed by stingrays ever.
Most people know to avoid deadly animals. He chose to provoke them for the camera. That choice caused his death.
TOTALLY WRONG! According to the police who have watched the tape, he DID NOT provoke the animal at all. It flicked its tail around as Steve swam over it and Steve happened to be in the worst location and took it in the one spot where it was fatal. Milkmaids have been killed milking cows when the cows kicked them in the head. Does that make cows "deadly animals"?
Totally avoidable. Totally.
It was an accident. Not avoidable at all. Most accidents occur in the home. Even if he had stayed home and done nothing but cook, clean, and watch the Wiggles on TV, there's always a chance of accidental death. Nothing is certain. You could be killed by a drunk driver tomorrow. If you are, will I be justified in calling your death "Totally avoidable. Totally." because you didn't stay home and hide under your blanket 24/7?
Going to war for the USA is a noble selfless act.
Chasing dangerous animals (as Irwin did) is thrill-seeking for fun and profit.
To equate alligator antics for the camera with firefighting and soldiering is sophomoric.
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