admin 据《星条旗报》报道，《游戏王》漫画作家高桥和熙为了救人而溺水身亡。
在7月4日下午2点，罗伯特·布尔乔少校与他的两名学生的帮助下，在冲绳县恩纳村的アポガマ救出被强大的水流卷进海里的三个人。アポガマ，也称为美人鱼石窟（Mermaid's Grotto），是冲绳的热门潜水地点。
在救援过程中，高桥也入水试图协助布尔乔救人。布尔乔本身并没见到高桥，但布尔乔的学生瞥见了高桥，直到他消失在海浪下。
日本海岸警卫队发言人10月4日在电话中告诉《星条旗报》，高桥的尸体两天后在名护市安和离岸约1000英尺处被发现。 该发言人说，他的租车后来在美人鱼石窟被发现。
海岸警卫队发言人拒绝证实高桥参与了救援行动，但陆军提供的几份宣誓证人陈述详细说明了他当天的行动。
“他是个英雄，”布尔乔谈到高桥时说。“他为了救别人而死。”
“这个人在世界留下了巨大的影响力。
原文：
TORII STATION, Okinawa – A U.S. Army officer was 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.
Maj. Robert Bourgeau, 49, of Missoula, Mont., the deputy operations officer for the 10th Support Group at Torii Station in Yomitan, was nominated by his command last month for the Soldier’s Medal for his actions during the July 4 rescue at Mermaid’s Grotto in Onna. The medal recognizes acts of heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy.
Kazuki Takahashi, 60, the creator of the popular Japanese manga series “Yu-Gi-Oh!,” attempted to aid Bourgeau in the rescue, unbeknownst to the American, and drowned in the process, a pained Bourgeau told Stars and Stripes on Oct. 3.
"You play that ‘what if’ game a lot," Bourgeau said. "This guy had a huge impact on the world."
Takahashi's body was found two days later about 1,000 feet offshore in Awa, Nago city, a Japan Coast Guard spokesman told Stars and Stripes by phone Oct. 4. His rental car was later found at Mermaid's Grotto, the spokesman said.
The Coast Guard spokesman declined to confirm Takahashi's participation in the rescue attempt, however, his actions that day are detailed in several sworn witness statements provided by the Army.
Bourgeau, a scuba diving instructor, met a pair of students at Mermaid's Grotto at just after 2 p.m. that day.
"The conditions were really, really rough,” he said.
Bourgeau spotted a Japanese woman calling for help, he said. She pointed toward her daughter, 11, and a U.S. soldier, 39, who were trapped in a rip current about 100 yards from shore.