Five Men Agree To Stand Directly Under An Exploding Nuclear Bomb : NPR

Source: NPR
Date: 7/18/2012
by Robert Krulwich

Updated July 18, 2012: We have added an update to this post, which you can find below the original. Click here to read about what happened to the men.

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They weren't crazy. They weren't being punished. All but one volunteered to do this (which makes it all the more astonishing).
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Read the rest and see video here.