Late Steve Irwin Talked His Dad Out of Suicid...

Late Steve Irwin Talked His Dad Out of Suicide

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The late Crocodile Hunter star Steve Irwin didn`t just save wildlife – he saved his father, Bob, from taking his own life after the death of the elder Irwin`s first wife in a 2000 car accident.

In an interview that aired Down Under Monday on a TV program called Australian Story, Bob Irwin, 68, recounted his grief over his wife Lynn and how, in the depths of despondency, he packed up his truck and headed to a "special spot" that he`d shared in the past with Lynn and Steve, reports Australia`s The Age newspaper.

As Bob Irwin told the story, his cell phone rang in the truck, and it was Steve. "He said, `I know what you`re going to do`, and I didn`t really have an answer for that and then he said, `Well, wait there, I`ll come with you because we both might as well go.`

"And I said, `You can`t do that` because he had [daughter] Bindi at that stage and he said, `Well, if you`re going to do it, then I`m coming.` I just felt at the time I just couldn`t let him do it and he knew that."

Bob Irwin considers the telepathy one of the gifts he shared with his son. "We were so close that we both knew what the other person was thinking a lot of the time and I just couldn`t let him do it," he said. "So I had to come back in. That`s probably one of the hardest things I`ve ever done."

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posted by cindy
Grief is a terrible thing, that is why Bob snr should always have contact with steves children, their healing for him,.. he truely undrstands terris grief, so i hope they always stay close as a family..
posted 12 months ago


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