This is Soviet swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan.
— Ozor Ndi Ozor (@eemmanuels4) December 4, 2024
In 1976, he saw a trolleybus plunge into a reservoir and made 40 dives to rescue 20 people.
Injuries from glass shards hospitalized him for 45 days, where he developed pneumonia and sepsis, which ended his swimming career.
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