I was sitting in my car, listening to the radio when I heard the sad news. I was on my lunchbreak at work and was about to drive somewhere. Can't remember where I was going though.
He was one of those people who many of us just didn't expect to die. He'd flirted with danger so many times, it seemed very likely that when he did die one day it would be due to being eaten by something. Perhaps a crocodile or a big bear or another savage beast. How ironic that it was a stingray's barb.
Steve Irwin, like Princess Diana, has become much more respected since his death. He was often ridiculed so much but many of those same people who thought he was an idiot now think he was just the greatest.
I thought he was a bit of an idiot because of some of the stuff he did but I really admired the way he was so passionate about wildlife. Often he was ridiculed because of this passion. But at least he was passionate about something. So many people just drift along in life and never really get into anything. Then they have the nerve to stand on the sidelines and laugh and take potshots at others who wear their heart on their sleeve.
I wonder if the crocodiles miss him or if they're glad they're being left alone?
* The photo is from The CBBC Newsround website.
2 comments:
You are right, Sarah. Sad as it is, many people seem to look different on people after those had died. Maybe because it shows us just how precious life is. And how quickly it can be over makes me frightened, too...
Wow. Time just runs, it´s a year already!
What I thought was really odd: How his daughter just started (or went on) with her show-biz after her father´s death. As if it were nothing. Did she suppress her feelings? Did they come onto her even stronger later on? Odd, to me, it was.
Hi Iris, yeah a lot of people thought it was really weird how Bindi Irwin became so famous after Steve's death with her TV show and everything. It was like the people behind her show were using her father's death to enhance her fame. But she was actually working on that show with her dad in the months leading up to his death (he features in it apparently)and it probably just seems like weird timing. Maybe working on her show helps keep her going despite her grief with the feeling that she's carrying on Steve's work.
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