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/mantellaaurantiaca Oct 04 '24

Should be worth more than all gold medals in the world

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u/Horkrux Oct 04 '24

honestly an organ for a piece of metal? a life saved for a piece of metal? deal

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u/Downtown_Skill Oct 05 '24

To be fair there are other awards, medals, and honors for these kinds of actions and based on the comments he does seem widely recognized as a hero. He may not have an olympic gold but he does have at least two medals for this incident alone. 

He's absolutely a hero but an olympic gold isn't the right award. It would be like giving the medal of honor to a veteran because they won a superbowl.