it is story about "the man who save the world "

26 Sept.1983 !
the computers sounded an alarm, indicating that the U.S. had launched five nuclear-armed, intercontinental ballistic missiles

Stanislav Petrov was a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Union Air Defense Forces, and his job was to monitor his country's satellite system, which was looking for any possible nuclear weapons launches by the United States.

It was already a moment of extreme tension in the Cold War.
On Sept. 1 of that year, the Soviet Union shot down a Korean Air Lines plane that had drifted into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 people on board, including a U.S. congressman.
U.S. missiles could reach the Soviet Union in just over 20 minutes.
Petrov had to act quickly.
the Soviet Union's military and political leadership needed to be informed without delay
After several nerve-jangling minutes, Petrov didn't send the computer warning to his superiors.
He checked to see if there had been a computer malfunction.
if have reported that up the chain of command then
we should be talking about the great nuclear war of 1983 if any of us survived
He had guessed correctly.
Twenty-three minutes later nothing had happened

he said I felt like I was sitting on a hot frying pan

Petrov died on May 19, at age 77, in a suburb outside Moscow,

he never considered himself a hero.

he said,That was my job i am not a hero i just right man at the right time in right place.

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