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/SpasmodicSpasmoid Oct 04 '24

Several hours!? In an airpocket (presumably) with flailing drowning by panicking freezing people. WTF. And only he was helping?

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u/W4R_Ace Oct 04 '24

Most people can't swim 80 feet both ways while carrying a person who probably can't swim.