July 12, 2022
History of Armenia 14: Shavarsh Karapetyan, the Real Life Armenian Superhero
Shavarsh Karapetyan, champion swimmer, once dove into a freezing, pitch black lake and saved over 20 people from dying only a few weeks before setting world records and running into a burning building to rescue a few more.
Sources:
https://auroraprize.com/en/twenty-five-seconds-life
https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2014/09/27/shavarsh-karapetyan-lake-yerevan
Comments (7)
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Moth Mane 路 April 3, 2025
This gave me goosebumps. this dude is fucking Superman
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Valerie Christine 路 December 1, 2023
What a boss 馃憦馃従
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Ander Pierce 路 September 18, 2022
What a champ! Awesome story and an awesome pair of guys
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GueVesaGuy 路 July 16, 2022
That was really cool. Not all Heroes wear capes.
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Lain of the Wired 路 September 6, 2022
Some wear swim trunks!
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Connor Francis 路 July 13, 2022
That cleft jaw acts like a keel in the water
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Jack McReynolds 路 July 13, 2022
I enjoyed the episode a lot!