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/AffectionateYakX Oct 04 '24

Wow and wow!

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u/Tritium3016 Oct 04 '24

It was super easy, barely an inconvenience.

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u/buffalooo27 Oct 04 '24

Did he do a backflip and snap the bad guy's neck tho?

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u/Spreadthinontoast Oct 04 '24

He carried the last potential victims; a child, old lady and was followed by a dog as the building exploded behind him in slow motion, as is the way of all superheroes. This guy is amazing, I’m glad i found this story this morning.

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u/poopsemiofficial Oct 04 '24

Nah, he simply knocked him out cold with a wicked spin kick, then dragged him out of the building, obviously.

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u/DCINTERNATIONAL Oct 04 '24

He carried him out of the fire, having saved him from the bus some years before, and then chewed his head off and shat down his neck hole.

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u/Bomb-OG-Kush Oct 04 '24

So random and quirky!