Whale vs. rescuerer July 26, 2007
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TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese fisherman drowned on Tuesday after a whale he was trying to rescue capsized his small fishing boat, a coastguard official said.
Three fishermen tried to rescue the sperm whale, about 10-meter (yard) long, after it strayed into a bay off the southwestern island of Shikoku, about 800 km (500 miles) southwest of Tokyo.
But the panicked creature turned on them and struck the vessel, the coastguard official said.
A 58-year-old fisherman drowned while two other fishermen were rescued, he added.
It’s a shame that you try to do something good and it costs you your life.