In 1976, Shavarsh Karapetyan, an Armenian swimmer, had just completed a 12-mile run with his brother when they saw a trolley bus crash into a dam reservoir. The trolley bus sank 80 feet offshore at a depth of 33 feet. Shavarsh immediately dove in and swam to the bus and despite zero visibility, managed to kick in the back window, injuring himself in the process. He proceeded to save twenty people trapped in the bus, one at a time, for hours.
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Title is incorrect – he was an Armenian Olympian, not an American Olympian. (The article is correct; just the title in wrong).
Thank you, Mo – I used the title from the YouTube video, but have now changed it here