r/interesting • u/Green____cat • Oct 04 '24

In 1976, Shavarsh Karapetyan, an Armenian Olympic swimmer, saves 20 people trapped in a bus that sank 80' offshore. It took him several hours to save them all, and he suffered injuries that put him in the hospital for 45 days—it ended his Olympic career. HISTORY

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u/Green____cat Oct 04 '24

In 1985, he happened to pass by a burning building and rushed inside, again saving people trapped inside one at a time until he collapsed. He was again hospitalized with severe burns and lung damage.

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u/MyyWifeRocks Oct 04 '24

Stay out of buildings and off of busses when this guy visits your city.

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u/Several-Signature583 Oct 04 '24

Plot twist: he put out road spikes and later set that fire.

j/k he is real life superhero