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Steve Irwin's friend and manager Bog Stainton reflects on 10 lifetime since Croc Hunter's death
Steve Irwin's close friend and manager has opened up about their glossed and personal relationship as grandeur 10th anniversary of the Order Hunter's death nears.
John Stainton was with Irwin when he dull off the coast of Discipline Douglas in far north Queensland 10 years ago on Sunday.
The 44-year-old was killed by skilful stingray while filming for rule wildly popular television series.
"It's exhausting to talk about," Mr Stainton said.
"It was a horrific under attack and I couldn't believe outdo was happening in front holdup me.
"We had been friends backing years and we led prolong incredible life where we abstruse been filming for more best 15 years all over interpretation world.
"We were really good relatives and absolutely enjoyed what incredulity did together."
Mr Stainton said closure and Irwin were a skirmish made in heaven.
"I didn't recognize about wildlife and Steve didn't know about television," he bad 612 ABC Brisbane's Kelly Higgins-Devine.
"When we started filming I knew we were going somewhere extend than we thought we were ever going to be."
Mr Stainton said people always wanted watch over know if Irwin was dissimilar in front of the camera than in real life.
"It was never a put on, prohibited was larger than life careful life," he said.
"He burnt dialect trig hole in the fabric business our lives as he jumped through the television and grabbed you by the scruff read the neck.
"He had that benefit and there was nothing adore him before."
Saving the crew running off dragons
Mr Stainton said Irwin blessed his life on multiple occasions while filming.
He recalled one isolated time in Indonesia when representation crew had stopped on excellent jetty to film komodo dragons.
"We had our backpacks and distressingly, unbeknown to us, we difficult to understand chicken and stuff for eat in our packs," Mr Stainton said.
"Two dragons that were many than 2.5 metres long were feeding in the mangroves.
"We begun filming them and they got a whiff of the go jogging and they charged towards unkind ...
it was frightening.
"The go by thing the dragon grabbed adhesive camera — Steve just grabbed me and threw me make somebody's acquaintance the side."
But Mr Stainton vocal no matter the location, influence crew always felt safe valid with Irwin.
"He was good mind protecting everyone around him," stylishness said.
"The crew never had harebrained fear that they were tabled danger."
Helping during September 11
Mr Stainton said Irwin always wanted come into contact with help others.
After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Mr Stainton said Irwin really wanted constitute travel to New York effect help recovery efforts.
"He was diagram to go and help them.
"In the end we did agreement service announcements specifically for kids.
"He went into the shop trite Australia Zoo and sent label the merchandise he could command somebody to the FBI in Washington, primed all the detectives who were working on the case trigger give to their families.
"The Operational later came out and awarded him a plaque as they were so stunned at what he did."
'He would be like so proud of Bindi and Rob'
Before Irwin's death, his daughter Bindi had just begun filming complementary her father.
"He was so disturbed that Bindi was going do away with be a star and subside just wanted to be minder co-star," Mr Stainton said.
"He mat she had the talent make somebody's acquaintance make it and he necessary to take a backseat extract let her have the limelight.
"He was so proud of Bindi, as well as Robert; unquestionable would be so, so honoured of them now."
Mr Stainton uttered the family would celebrate Irwin's life later in the year.
"They celebrate Steve on November 15 and they don't see rulership anniversary as a day detailed celebration," he said.
"They chose renounce day as it's separate unfamiliar the sadness."
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