Kazuki Takahashi, who created the favored manga “Yu-Gi-Oh”, tragically died in July at age 60 when his physique was found floating off the coast of Naga Metropolis in Okinawa, Japan.
A report subsequently found that the favored manga artist died whereas attempting to assist a U.S. Military officer rescue three individuals caught in a riptide at a preferred diving spot, Mermaid’s Grotto.
Talking with Stars and Stripes, Maj. Robert Bourgeau — a scuba diving teacher — defined that he was instructing some college students when he noticed a Japanese mom calling for assist for her 11-year-old daughter and a U.S. soldier, who had been caught in a whirlpool about 100 yards from shore.
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“I grabbed mother and I grabbed [the girl] and I simply kicked for all life,” Bourgeau recalled, noting that the solider additionally made it again to shore.
Unbeknownst to Bourgeau, Takahashi additionally sprang into motion to attempt to assist the lady and her daughter, however wound up turning into trapped within the whirlpool himself. Whereas Bourgeau by no means noticed Takahashi get into the water, his college students confirmed they noticed glimpses of him attempting to assist earlier than vanishing beneath the waves.
“He’s a hero,” Bourgeau mentioned of Takahashi. “He died attempting to avoid wasting another person.”
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