Friday, 20. October 2006
Topic: NATURE - on October 20, 2006 at 2:35:00 PM CEST
Stingray jumps aboard boat, stabs man
The incident -- reminiscent of last month's death of TV's Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin -- occurred as 81-year-old James Bertakis plied the waters near his home in Lighthouse Point, Fla., a town just north of Fort Lauderdale.
"It was a freak accident," said Lighthouse Point acting fire Chief David Donzella. "It's very odd that the thing jumped out of the water and stung him. We still can't believe it."
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