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A 33-year-old man drowned after he jumped into a river to try and save his six-year-old son who had gotten into difficulties in Kihoku, Ehime Prefecture.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 3:40 p.m. Saturday at the Hiromi River. Sankei Shimbun reported that the man, Hideaki Miyasato had taken his wife and five children to the river for an afternoon of leisure.
When the six-year-old boy lost his footing near the edge of the river and fell in, Miyasato jumped in after him. However, a strong current carried him away. Another of his sons, aged 12, called 110 for help.
Miyasato was found downstream, floating on his back against a concrete floodgate. He was unconscious and taken to hospital where he died about three hours later.
The six-year-old boy who had fallen into the river made it back to the riverbank by himself and was uninjured, police said.
© Japan Today
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Do the hustle
It must have been a pretty dangerous place for a six year old to be so close to the water’s edge. That’s five kids that lost their father from a moment of poor judgement. Pretty sad. :-(
Strangerland
What a sad story.
RIP to the hero of a father.
Concerned Citizen
Poor dad. Sacrificed his life for his child. A real hero.
tooheysnew
How many times have I read this !?
A falls into river / lake / sea
B dives in to save A.
B drowns & A survives
ahtevis@gmail.com
This is just sad. What a terrible accident.
I fell in a river once when I was a kid and was luckily saved.
Not a great swimmer but I'd do the same for my son.
Vince Black
Water safety please Japan
this man did what any one of us would have done under the same circumstances.
mmwkdw
A Dedicated Father for his Kids, may he RIP, he died with Honor.
doel jusino
The boy lost his footing near the edge of the river and fell in, Miyasato jumped in after him. The boy made it back to the riverbank by himself and was uninjured. I guess his number was up. I feel for the mother and the five children. Sad story...
simon g
RIP I've said it here before, if you are not a confident swimmer, do not make the rescue more difficult.
If you are playing near water, have a boyancy aid somewhere.
Laguna
I don't worry about the sea so much - it is forgiving. Rivers terrify me.
Jonathan Prin
Do we know if he knew how to swim ?
Think first.
RIP
smithinjapan
tooheysnew: "How many times have I read this !?"
No kidding. Completely preventable deaths. RIP to the father, who only had good intentions. If only the parents had kept the kid from playing there to begin with.