---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: jane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sep 4, 2006 3:27 PM Subject: Re: [uqisa] breaking news..... steve irwin (australia zoo) dies few minutes ago To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
iya.. barusan teman sekantor juga bilang.. --- alma linggar jonarta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sekedar info, barusan dapat kabar dari teman yang kerja di Zoo, kalau Steve > irwin, pemilik the australia zoo barusaja meninggal karena tersengat buntut > ikan pari ketika mengambil film dokumenter di Port douglass...... Mungkin > teman-teman baru ada yang belum sempat menyaksikan pertunjukannya menaklukkan > crocs di Australia Zoo > > > Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin dead > http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20349888-2,00.html > By staff writers > September 04, 2006 02:14pm > Article from: > Font size: + - > Send this article: Print Email > > THE Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, is dead. > He was killed in a freak accident in Cairns, police sources said today. > It is understood he was killed by a stingray barb that went through his > chest. > He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater > documentary when the tragedy occured. > Ambulance officers confirmed they attended a reef fatality this morning at > Batt Reef off Port Douglas. > Irwin's body is being flown to Cairns. > It is believed his American-born wife Terri is trekking on Cradle Mountain > in Tasmania and is yet to be told of her husband's death. > Irwin - known worldwide as the Crocodile Hunter - is famous for his > enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchcry "Crikey!". > The father of two's Crocodile Hunter program was first broadcast in 1992 > and has been shown around the world on cable network Discovery. > He has also starred in movies and has developed the Australia Zoo wildlife > park, north of Brisbane, which was started by his parents Bob and Lyn Irwin. > Tributes have already started pouring in for the larger-than-life > character. > Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, who used a photograph of his family at > Australia Zoo for his official Christmas card last year, hailed Mr Irwin for > his work in promoting Australia. > Irwin was heavily involved in last year's "G'Day LA" campaign. > "The minister knew him, was fond of him and was very, very appreciative of > all the work he'd done to promote Australia overseas," a spokesman said. > A Tourism Queensland spokeswoman said the death was shocking and paid > tribute to Irwin's "enormous contribution" to his adopted state. > Louise Yates said it was impossible to quantify how much Mr Irwin had meant > to the Queensland tourism industry. > "I don't think we could even estimate how much he brought us through his > personality and his profile and his enthusiasm about Queensland," she said. > "It would be difficult to estimate how much he was worth. And it would be > difficult to underestimate." > She said Irwin had been a larger-than-life ambassador. > "It's not just what he brought but what he took with him when he travelled, > his passion." > Australia Zoo, on southeast Queensland's Sunshine Coast, employs more than > 500 people and attracts thousands of visitors every day. > But Ms Yates said it would be "unfair and unjust" to put a dollar value on > Irwin's worth to the state, because of how much he had given. > > > > alma linggar jonarta > oral biology and pathology > school of dentistry > university of queensland > st lucia - QLD 4072 > australia > 0401062330 / 0404717950 > http://almajonarta.blogspot.com/ > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ > countries) for 2ยข/min or less. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com # The University of Queensland Indonesian Students Association # Untuk unsubscribe, kirim email kosong ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apsjkt8w/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
