He said that Irwin was not chasing or provoking the 2.4m-long stingray, and that he did not pull the barbed stingray tail out of his chest, as was initially reported. In an interview with Australian TV channel Network Ten, the cameraman provided new details about the attack and contradicted some claims made at the time of the Crocodile Hunter star's death. He also revealed that Irwin's last words were 'I'm dying'. 'I had the camera on, I thought this is going to be a great shot, and all of sudden propped on its front and started stabbing wildly, hundreds of strikes in a few seconds,' Justin Lyons said today. Irwin was attacked by the ray while snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef. THE cameraman working with Steve Irwin when he was killed by a stingray in 2006 has revealed details of the fatal attack, including the naturalist's final words, and told how he captured his last moments on film.
