In July, the world discovered of the unhappy passing of Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh! At the time his dying was recorded by officers as a drowning, however a current report from the US navy’s newspaper has supplied some additional particulars not recognized on the time.
A narrative on Stars & Stripes, the Department of Defence’s personal information service, stories {that a} “U.S. Army officer [has been] recognized for rescuing three people from a riptide at a popular Okinawa dive spot in an episode that apparently killed a well-known Japanese manga artist”.
The officer, 49 year-old Major Robert Bourgeau, has been really helpful for a Soldier’s Medal for his actions on July 4, which passed off at Mermaid’s Grotto within the village of Onna, Okinawa. Bourgeau reportedly noticed three swimmers—two Japanese civilians and a fellow US soldier—struggling in a harmful riptide, and whereas “still wearing his running shoes” raced out to rescue them.
The S&S report says that whereas the riptide alone was harmful sufficient, six-foot waves crashing amongst it rapidly triggered a whirlpool impact, which started sucking within the stranded swimmers.
Bourgeau—a skilled scuba diving teacher—was capable of deliver each civilians to shore, after which direct the US soldier to security as nicely. During the rescue, nevertheless, “several sworn witness statements provided by the Army” say Takahashi additionally jumped in to assist, however onlookers solely “caught glimpses of him until he disappeared beneath the waves.”
“He’s a hero”, Bourgeau informed Stars & Stripes. “He died trying to save someone else.”
Takahashi’s physique was discovered by the Japanese Coast Guard the following day floating off the coast of Nago, a metropolis within the northern a part of Okinawa. His automotive was later found parked at Mermaid’s Grotto.
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