Not to undermine what the man did, but the title is a bit of an overstatement. What saved North Carolina from nuclear disaster was not the guy who pulled the co

Not to undermine what the man did, but the title is a bit of an overstatement. What saved North Carolina from nuclear disaster was not the guy who pulled the cores out after, but luck, safety mechanisms, and failures / damage sustained during impact: http://nuclearweaponsaccidents.blogspot.com/2013/03/goldsboro-19-steps-away-from-detonation.html http://nuclearweaponsaccidents.blogspot.com/2013/03/goldsbor...