▁replaced ▁Colonel ▁Sand ers ▁statue ▁in ▁the ▁D ō ton bor i ▁K FC ▁branch ▁was ▁bol ted ▁down ▁to ▁prevent ▁a ▁repeat ▁of ▁the ▁incident . ▁ ▁Death ▁in ▁the ▁canal ▁ ▁For ▁ 2 4 - year - old ▁Hans hin ▁Tig ers ▁fan ▁Mas aya ▁Sh it ab aba , ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁celebr ation ▁was ▁a ▁tra ged y . ▁He ▁d rown ed ▁in ▁the ▁canal , ▁with ▁all ▁reports ▁being ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁sh oved ▁in ▁by ▁the ▁revel ers . ▁To ▁prevent ▁future ▁inc idents , ▁the ▁Os aka ▁city ▁council ▁ordered ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁E bis ub ashi ▁bridge ▁beginning ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁which ▁will ▁make ▁it ▁more ▁difficult ▁for ▁fans ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁celebr atory ▁le ap ▁should ▁the ▁Cur se ▁of ▁the ▁Colonel ▁be ▁broken ▁and ▁the ▁Tig ers ▁win ▁again . ▁ ▁Rec overy ▁of ▁statue ▁ ▁The ▁Colonel ▁was ▁finally ▁discovered ▁in ▁the ▁D ō ton bor i ▁River ▁on ▁March ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁D ivers ▁who ▁recovered ▁the ▁statue ▁at ▁first ▁thought ▁it ▁was ▁only ▁a ▁large ▁bar rel , ▁and ▁shortly ▁after ▁a ▁human ▁cor pse , ▁but ▁Hans hin ▁fans ▁on ▁the ▁scene ▁were ▁quick ▁to ▁identify ▁it ▁as ▁the ▁upper ▁body ▁of ▁the ▁long - lost ▁Colonel . ▁The ▁right ▁hand ▁and ▁lower ▁body ▁were ▁found ▁next ▁day , ▁but ▁the ▁statue ▁is ▁still ▁missing ▁its ▁glass es ▁and ▁left