A report from the U.S. military's news source, Stars and Stripes, said that Takahashi was trying to save others from a scuba whirlpool accident before he himself was swept up. | via philstarlife
who is also a scuba diving instructor, was trying to save a girl, her mother, and another soldier from drowning on a riptide in"The conditions were really, really rough,” t
"Bourgeau jumped into the rip current and sped out to the girl, but was quickly exhausted as he worked to bring her toward the shallows. Then he encountered her mother who had somehow been sucked into the swirling waters as well," theAt some point, Takahashi entered the water to assist in the rescue, but he wasn't seen by Bourgeau due to fiece waves. His students said that they saw Takahashi in the waves until he eventually disappeared.
"That was one the hardest things I have ever had to do, I let [the man] go so I could save myself,” the soldier wrote in his witness statement given by the Army. “I didn’t think I was going to make it."
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