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/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/poopsemiofficial Oct 04 '24

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