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By: Anti-Terror Performance

Anti-Terror Performance — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:52:45 +0000

Good work!

By: mortonsalt

mortonsalt — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:54:38 +0000

that’s exactly what first popped into my mind

By: nigelboy

nigelboy — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:02:45 +0000

“I am curious if such a positive article about US service men gets any play at all in the J-media. Has anyone seen?”

Most likely, it will be reported when they get a letter of appreciation from the rail company just like the situation with Officer Phillip Simmons of Kitty Hawk this May (Incident took place May 7, 2008, reported in May 19 when he received the letter of appreciation from Keihin Kyuko) or former NPB pitcher Mitsunori Kakehata this December (incident took place December 15, 2008, reported December 26, 2008 when he received a letter of appreciation from JR East)

By: leitmotiv

leitmotiv — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:03:13 +0000

Interesting – I guess the numerous onlookers didn’t want to “get involved”, and at least one Japanese person on the scene seemed genuinely perplexed that some foreigners would just walk right up, uninvited, and help a random Japanese person in mortal danger. Wow!…Amazing! Granted its just a low-key article in an military newsletter – but the details as described seem plausible.

I am curious if such a positive article about US service men gets any play at all in the J-media. Has anyone seen?

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:54:39 +0000

Hell yeah! Good job guys.

By: TwistedCyberChick

TwistedCyberChick — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:03:34 +0000

Nice it didn’t turn out like Gantz. Icky. o_O

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:53:26 +0000

Has anyone seen this story in other news sources? I wonder why it only seems to appear in “Stars&Stripes” while featuring a photo of the naval ship in the background.

“The guy said it was pretty amazing, that you guys are Americans and you’re helping a Japanese guy,” Brice said. “But we don’t really think about it that way. We see a guy in distress and we help them out.”

Naruhodo.

By: zurui

zurui — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:09:16 +0000

DITTO! Nice to hear something positive. Great job!

Happy holidays!

By: shawn

shawn — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:07:36 +0000

This upsets me incredibly. If things had happened just 10 seconds later, three lives could have been lost because no one would press the goddamn red button. There platform was full of morons that day, minus those two brave men.

By: ah

ah — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:33:23 +0000

Well this is a nice change from all the other stories we hear about US military personnel in Japan.