life comes with ironies
fiction is too dull
like in some Hollywood movies
no one will know
of the man who saved the world
from winter and fire
Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov
unsung, radioactive, gone
Jun 17, 2015
Jun 17, 2015 at 1:13 PM UTC
life comes with ironies
fiction is too dull
like in some Hollywood movies
no one will know
of the man who saved the world
from winter and fire
Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov
unsung, radioactive, gone
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/oct/27/vasili-arkhipov-stopped-nuclear-war
funny thing is, there was also another time a man saved the world from the exact same danger: Stanislav Petrov. But he had some recognition afterwards.