This is Soviet swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan.

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.

This… pic.twitter.com/cbnFnMgwFd

— Ozor Ndi Ozor (@eemmanuels4) December 4, 2024