Steve Irwin was my hero ever since I was a child. I admired him because of his absolute passion for life and his efforts to conserve it. I loved watching his family grow and had such high aspirations for him as a father and as a wildlife conversationalist. To hear that he was killed by a stingray was a devastating moment in my life. I watched his every move on animal planet when he was alive and cried through his broadcasted memorial after he died. It was the only time I have ever had a hole in both my stomach and my he...