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MOVIE ABOUT SHAVARSH KARAPETYAN'S DEED TO BE SHOT IN RUSSIA
YEREVAN, February 7. /ARKA/. Russia's Logos Film Company will shoot
a movie about a heroic deed of Shavarsh Karapetuyan, a multiple world
champion in skin diving, according to the company's official website.
"This is an incredible story about the power of human spirit that
can do impossible things," the company says on its website. "This is
a story about a strong man who had gifted the second birth to two
dozens of people and whose main reward for courage is saved lives
and own life."
The movie producers are Svetlana Dali and Olga Sinelshikova.
Shavarsh Karapetyan is a retired Soviet-Armenian champion swimmer. He
is an 11-time World Record holder, 17-time World Champion, 13-time
European Champion and 8-time USSR Champion.
One cold morning on September 16th, 1976 he was doing his usual run
along the dam in Yerevan, Armenia, when a large trolleybus carrying 92
passengers lost control and flew off the road into the freezing water.
๔he bus sank approximately 10 meters deep. Without a second of
hesitation, Shavarsh dived into the freezing water to rescue people.
Shavarsh used his feet to break the back window of the trolleybus. One
by one, he saved 20 peoples' lives (he actually pulled out more then
20, but not everyone made it). He spent nearly 20 minutes in the
frigid water and accomplished 30 dives down to the wreck of the bus.
In 1980s, Karapetyan retired and in 1991 relocated to Moscow, where he
engaged in a business. He also established the Benevolent Foundation
of Shavarsh Karapetyan for fostering skin diving development in
Russia. In 2010, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan awarded a medal
for courage to him. -0---
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From: A. Papazian
YEREVAN, February 7. /ARKA/. Russia's Logos Film Company will shoot
a movie about a heroic deed of Shavarsh Karapetuyan, a multiple world
champion in skin diving, according to the company's official website.
"This is an incredible story about the power of human spirit that
can do impossible things," the company says on its website. "This is
a story about a strong man who had gifted the second birth to two
dozens of people and whose main reward for courage is saved lives
and own life."
The movie producers are Svetlana Dali and Olga Sinelshikova.
Shavarsh Karapetyan is a retired Soviet-Armenian champion swimmer. He
is an 11-time World Record holder, 17-time World Champion, 13-time
European Champion and 8-time USSR Champion.
One cold morning on September 16th, 1976 he was doing his usual run
along the dam in Yerevan, Armenia, when a large trolleybus carrying 92
passengers lost control and flew off the road into the freezing water.
๔he bus sank approximately 10 meters deep. Without a second of
hesitation, Shavarsh dived into the freezing water to rescue people.
Shavarsh used his feet to break the back window of the trolleybus. One
by one, he saved 20 peoples' lives (he actually pulled out more then
20, but not everyone made it). He spent nearly 20 minutes in the
frigid water and accomplished 30 dives down to the wreck of the bus.
In 1980s, Karapetyan retired and in 1991 relocated to Moscow, where he
engaged in a business. He also established the Benevolent Foundation
of Shavarsh Karapetyan for fostering skin diving development in
Russia. In 2010, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan awarded a medal
for courage to him. -0---
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/society/movie_about_shavarsh_karapetyan_s_deed_to_be_shot_ in_russia/#sthash.c8QHPjms.dpuf
From: A. Papazian