On this day 39-years ago Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov may have single-handedly saved the world from global thermonuclear war.
I was a senior in high school and my biggest concern probably had to deal with whoever we were playing in football that weekend. Little did I know how close we all were to being incinerated.
How is it that Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov isn't a household name? This is real-life Bruce Willis in Armageddon type stuff here.
An unsung hero, that is for sure. Like the fellow who allowed the Berlin Wall to be opened, it was one person's judgement that changed so much.
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