However, their tameness can be deceptive as found by Phil Bronstein, executive editor of San Francisco Chronicle, who received a serious foot injury after he was invited inside the cage of a Komodo by the zookeeper. 2007: A Komodo dragon killed an 8-year-old boy on Komodo Island. Bronstein was on a private tour of the zoo Saturday when he entered the Indonesian lizard's cage. Phil Bronstein (born October 4, 1950) is an American journalist and editor. 2001: Phil Bronstein, a journalist and former husband of actress Sharon Stone, was attacked by a Komodo dragon in LA zoo; 2007: A boy , eight, was killed by a Komodo dragon on Komodo Island; Komodo dragon bites man.
Bronstein was bitten on the foot in the Indonesian lizard's cage during the couple's private tour of Los Angeles zoo. Or even THE MAN! What proves it is that Bronstein went toe-to-toe with the ridiculously dangerous Komodo -- toe-to-teeth as we'll see from the impending play-by-play -- and spent only five days in the hospital. 2001: A Komodo dragon attacked Phil Bronstein, an investigative journalist and former husband of actress Sharon Stone, in the Los Angeles Zoo. In 2001, Phil Bronstein, an investigative journalist formerly married to actress Sharon Stone, suffered an unfortunate encounter with a Komodo dragon at the Los Angeles Zoo. Two weeks ago the foot of San Francisco Chronicle Executive Editor Phil Bronstein was severely damaged in an attack by a 10-foot Komodo dragon at the Los Angeles zoo… June 26, 2001 -- The Phil Bronstein vs. the Komodo dragon saga has taken yet another strange twist: The Los Angeles Zoo recently gave its own account of the June 9 attack, one that contradicts what both Bronstein and his actress wife, Sharon Stone, have … Bronstein had always been fascinated by Komodo dragons, the largest lizards on the planet, so the couple stopped at Komodo enclosure to see the zoo's two … Bronstein had entered the dragon's cage at the Los Angeles Zoo after being invited in by its keeper.
Phil Bronstein is THE MAN! He is best known for his work as a war correspondent and investigative journalist.
Zookeepers have noticed that the Komodos are capable of recognizing one human from another and are less aggressive in captivity. 2008: A group of five scuba divers were stranded on the beach of Rinca Island, and were attacked by Komodo dragons. Well, Shaq nothin'. Since she and her former husband Phil Bronstein had a bizarre and traumatic encounter with a Komodo dragon at the Los Angeles Zoo in 2001. Published 4:00 am PDT, Monday, June 11, 2001 Chronicle Executive Editor Phil Bronstein was in stable condition yesterday after being attacked by a Komodo dragon in Los Angeles over the weekend. San Francisco Chronicle editor Phil Bronstein - the husband of actress Sharon Stone - has had foot surgery following an attack by a Komodo dragon at a US zoo.
In June 2001, a Komodo dragon seriously injured Phil Bronstein, the then-husband of actress Sharon Stone, when he entered its enclosure at the Los Angeles Zoo after being invited in by its keeper. The zoo keeper had told him to take off his white shoes, which could have excited the Komodo dragon. 2001: Phil Bronstein, a journalist and former husband of actress Sharon Stone, was attacked by a Komodo dragon in LA zoo; 2007: A boy , eight, was killed by a Komodo dragon on Komodo Island;
Man and his movie-star wife bite back.
He faces only a … Published 4:00 am PDT, Sunday, June 10, 2001 Chronicle executive editor Phil Bronstein was attacked by a Komodo dragon at the Los Angeles Zoo yesterday, suffering a serious foot injury. S A N F R A N C I S C O, June 10, 2001 -- San Francisco Chronicle executive editor Phil Bronstein underwent foot surgery after being attacked by a Komodo dragon at the Los Angeles Zoo. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When a giant Komodo dragon attacked San Francisco Chronicle executive editor Phil Bronstein this month, his movie star wife Sharon Stone provided a gripping account of Bronstein's bare-handed bravery in subduing the massive 7-foot lizard. In June 2001, a Komodo dragon seriously hurt Phil Bronstein—executive editor of the San Francisco Chronicle.
He serves as executive chair of the board for the Center for Investigative Reporting in Berkeley, California.
Phil, you da man. In 1986, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the fall of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Stone had arranged a private tour of the zoo for Bronstein, then editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, as an early Father’s Day gift, SFGate.com wrote at the time.