Yu-Gi-Oh! creator died whereas trying to rescue drowning swimmers, US navy says

America navy says Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi, whose demise was reported in July, was killed whereas trying to help within the rescue of three individuals who had been caught in a rip present in a well-liked diving spot close to Okinawa.

A report printed by the US navy information outlet Stars and Stripes says the incident passed off on July 4, when Main Robert Bourgeau of the tenth Assist Group at Torii Station, who can be a scuba teacher, noticed a girl calling for assist for her 11-year-old daughter and a US soldier. The pair had change into trapped in a rip present, apparently whereas snorkeling about 100 meters from the shore.

Bourgeau and certainly one of his scuba college students moved by way of shallow water to try a rescue; he was in a position to carry out the lady and her mom, who had additionally been pulled into the present, whereas the soldier was finally in a position to attain the shore on his personal.

“The circumstances had been actually, actually tough,” Bourgeau stated.

Someplace throughout all of this, the 60-year-old Takahashi entered the water to be able to help with the rescue. Bourgeau stated he did not see the Yu-Gi-Oh! creator, however his college students did, a number of occasions, till he disappeared beneath the water. The Japanese Coast Guard wouldn’t verify the report, however Stars and Stripes stated Takahashi’s actions had been detailed in “a number of sworn witness statements supplied by the Military.”

“He is a hero,” Bourgeau stated. “He died attempting to avoid wasting another person.”

Bourgeau has been nominated for the Soldier’s Medal for his position within the rescue.