Another Man Killed by Stingray

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An 81 year old boater was sent to the hospital today in critical condition because he was stabbed in the heart by a spotted eagle stingray.  The stingray left a foot long barb in his chest, just like the one that killed Steve Irwin. James Bertakis was on the water in his boat with his family when the stingray jumped into the boat. Bertakis was trying to lift the stingray back into the water when it stabbed him in the wall of his heart. The women that he was with steered the boat back to the shore and called 911. Bertakis had also suffered a collapsed lung, underwent surgery overnight and surgeons were able to remove the 2.5 inch barb, which had penetrated the wall of his heart. This incident was different from Irwin’s because the barb was left in his heart, instead of pulling it out like Irwin had. Doctors were able to remove the barb by eventually pulling it through his heart and closing the wound.