Kazuhiro Kiyohara, who played for professional baseball teams such as Seibu and Giants, received a letter of appreciation from the police on the 6th for rescuing an injured man in a traffic accident that occurred in Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture last year. rice field.
On February 23, last year, when Mr. Kiyohara was visiting Okinawa to inspect a professional baseball camp, he passed by the site of a car-motorcycle collision that occurred at an intersection in Asahi-machi, Naha City.
Mr. Kiyohara, along with two acquaintances who were with him, rescued a man in his 50s who had fallen on a motorbike, and also controlled traffic until the police arrived.
Mr. Kiyohara and others visited Okinawa to inspect the camp this year, and received a letter of appreciation from Chief Takeshi Yonashiro at the Naha Police Station on the morning of the 6th.
The rescued man entrusted a letter to Mr. Kiyohara and others, and Chief Yonashiro said, "I learned from the TV at the hospital where Mr. Kiyohara and everyone else helped him. He is recovering little by little. I would like to say thank you while praying for everyone's success."
Kiyohara said, "I didn't think the police would reward me for just doing what I could. When I heard that he was seriously injured, I'm really glad that we were able to move. The man was able to recover. I'm happy," he said.