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/throwaway098764567 Oct 04 '24

i mean i guess he's handy to have around but i think at that point i'd probably run the other way if i saw him

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u/8-880 Oct 04 '24

Unbreakable

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u/SupportGeek Oct 04 '24

No way, I’d want him following me around in case I ended up in trouble. He is the kind of person I think we should all aspire to be.