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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

People You've Never Heard of Who Probably Saved Your Life…

Ever hear of Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov, James Harrison, Viktor Zhdanov, Donald Henderson, Henrietta Lacks, Henry Dunant or Norman Borlaug? Most likely not, but you may owe your life to them…

It's interesting how a man can become a local hero by saving just one life--or how a fictional character can be considered a superhero by saving a few thousand--when there are people relatively unknown to history who have saved many, many times more.

These are men and women who saved millions of lives, without whom you might not exist, and whose names likely never came up in your history class. (more)

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