r/interesting 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/Hour-Distribution141 Oct 04 '24

That’s kind of serendipity if you think about it. he thought he was training his entire life for the Olympics when actuality he was training for that day. Who needs a gold medal when you could save 20 lives.