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/TT_NaRa0 Oct 04 '24
So it ended his Olympic career but started his career as an absolute fucking legend? Not a bad trade off