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/Green____cat Oct 04 '24

In 1985, he happened to pass by a burning building and rushed inside, again saving people trapped inside one at a time until he collapsed. He was again hospitalized with severe burns and lung damage.

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u/AffectionateYakX Oct 04 '24

Wow and wow!

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u/Mundane-Document-810 Oct 04 '24

You can add another wow:

In 1974 Shavarsh was riding a bus when the driver pulled over to check on a mechanical problem. The engine was left running and the bus suddenly started rolling down towards a mountain gorge. Karapetyan broke down the partition separating the passengers from the driver's compartment, he then took control of the steering wheel and turned the bus away from the cliff

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u/Ubelsteiner Oct 04 '24

Ok.... now I'm just starting to get suspicious lol

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u/Side_show Oct 04 '24

Mr Glass been trying to test that MF until he found his weakness (fire, not water)

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u/confirmSuspicions Oct 04 '24

This has got to be a new butterfly effect movie pitch hidden in wikipedia.