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True heroes

On September 16, 1976, Shavarsh Karapetyan, a 23-year-old world champion finswimmer, had just finished a grueling 21-kilometer training run near Lake Yerevan in Armenia when he heard a crash that would change his life forever. A trolleybus had veered off a dam and plunged into the lake, sinking fast with dozens of passengers trapped inside.

Without hesitation, Karapetyan rushed to the water, stripped off his clothes, and dove into the cold, polluted lake. Despite limited visibility and the danger, he swam around 5 kilometers to reach the submerged bus. Finding no open windows, he kicked out the rear window, badly injuring his legs in the process.

For the next 20 minutes, he repeatedly dove down, rescuing one person after another. He pulled 37 people from the wreckage — 20 of them survived, and nine more escaped through the window he had shattered.

Karapetyan’s heroism came at a personal cost. He developed severe pneumonia and lung damage from the rescue and spent three weeks in the hospital before he could walk again. Remarkably, the following year, he returned to competition, won one last gold medal, and broke his 11th world record before retiring from professional swimming.

Shavarsh Karapetyan is remembered not just as a world-class athlete, but as a true hero who risked everything to save others.

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Seema Kumari grew up in Dahu, a small village in Jharkhand, where girls were expected to stay home, not study. But at 9, she joined Yuwa Foundation’s football program, unknowingly kicking off a journey that would change her life.

Football took her beyond her village, first to national tournaments, then to international camps. Along the way, she worked on her academics, seizing every opportunity that came her way: a high-school exchange in Seattle, summer programs at Cambridge and Washington University.

Harvard wasn’t even on her radar until her teacher, a Harvard alum, encouraged her to apply. With support from her mentors, she took the leap, and got in with a full scholarship! Today, she’s studying Economics at Harvard, proving that the right opportunities can change everything.

From dodging stereotypes to making history, Seema’s story is one of grit, courage, and never backing down.

Credits : Shweta Gurnani on Linkedin



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