Growing up in Florida we dealt with stingrays alot. Sometimes they'd have to close the beaches during mating season because there would be so many of them. How strange to get a barb in the chest and right into the heart! Most people who do come in contact with a ray get the barb in the lower leg or foot but I guess since he was swimming and not wading I could understand the injury. How very sad I used to love to watch this guy. I feel worse for his wife and child I remember seeing programs with his wife and then later seeing both his wife and child in the programs. This is a real shocker.

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