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The Man Who Saved the World

Via Lonnie Prater on FB

Stanislav Petrov was on duty in a bunker in USSR in 1983 when computer reported one, then up to 5, inbound ballistic missles. He broke protocol and did not reciprocate with full release of Russian missles. Ended up saving the world from World War III and got forced into retirement for it.

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