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Stanislav Petrov

by Bailee Garza from Burley, Idaho in United States

He is a hero because in 1983 he did not do what he was supposed to do which was to listen to his missile alarm and push that big red button. But he didn't and followed his head and thought it might be a false alarm and he didn't do it and possibly stopped a potential World War 3.

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Read MY HERO story on Stanislav Petrov by Glen Pedersen - "He averted a catastrophe that could have shaken the foundation of the Earth for many centuries to come — and the future of humanity forever . . ."