The man who saved the world is dead

[sksvlad]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/0fc27f...0ee0d5cf/ss_‘man-who-saved-the-world’-by.html

 

[Tony Williams]

I thought that this was going to be about the Soviet naval officer who refused permission to fire a nuclear torpedo at a USN aircraft carrier during the 1963 Cuban missile crises (three different officers were required to approve this - the other two voted to open fire). A brave man... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Arkhipov