Awesome Message - Calmness is VERY contagious- Minister Max Lucado
Oct 14, 2026 · 41 min · 17 segments
Oct 14, 2026 · 41 min · 17 segments
Well, the next time you find yourselves discussing the unsung heroes who have saved the world, put this name on your list, Vasily Arkhipov.
In 1962, Vasily Arkhipov was the chief of staff for four Russian submarines that came within a trigger squeeze of destroying the world.
The four vessels were a part of the Soviet Northern Fleet, and they set sail in 1962 under the cloak of secrecy.
The Soviet commanders gave each submarine captain a set of secret instructions that he was to open only at sea.
The crews assumed that they were being sent on a training mission off the Siberian coast.
They were to learn that they were actually directed to race 5,000 miles to the southwest to protect the city of Havana, Cuba.
In order to move quickly, the subs traveled on the surface of the water, and they sailed right into Hurricane Daisy.
Crewmen battled the heat, claustrophobia, and by the time they drew near to the coast of Cuba, you could say they were anxious.
On October 27th, they realized they were surrounded by a dozen American ships, and they had to make a decision.
The Soviet captain of the four submarines gathered his officers in his quarters, and he made an announcement that went like this, "We are going to blast them now.
We will not disgrace our navy." What the Americans did not know about these four submarines, and what I have not told you, I've been saving it for now, is that each of these four submarines carried a nuclear warhead.
Well, the next time you find yourselves discussing the unsung heroes who have saved the world, put this name on your list, Vasily Arkhipov.
In 1962, Vasily Arkhipov was the chief of staff for four Russian submarines that came within a trigger squeeze of destroying the world.
The four vessels were a part of the Soviet Northern Fleet, and they set sail in 1962 under the cloak of secrecy.
The Soviet commanders gave each submarine captain a set of secret instructions that he was to open only at sea.
The crews assumed that they were being sent on a training mission off the Siberian coast.
They were to learn that they were actually directed to race 5,000 miles to the southwest to protect the city of Havana, Cuba.
In order to move quickly, the subs traveled on the surface of the water, and they sailed right into Hurricane Daisy.
Crewmen battled the heat, claustrophobia, and by the time they drew near to the coast of Cuba, you could say they were anxious.
On October 27th, they realized they were surrounded by a dozen American ships, and they had to make a decision.
The Soviet captain of the four submarines gathered his officers in his quarters, and he made an announcement that went like this, "We are going to blast them now.
We will not disgrace our navy." What the Americans did not know about these four submarines, and what I have not told you, I've been saving it for now, is that each of these four submarines carried a nuclear warhead.
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