Naifonov, Sidakov, and the Beslan school attack

[Lurker 2,033]

Had no idea these two were in the school that day…

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/then24.com/2021/08/08/from-surviving-the-hostage-taking-in-the-beslan-massacre-to-winning-olympic-medals-the-story-of-two-russian-fighters/amp/

[lu1979 558]

57 minutes ago, Lurker said:

Had no idea these two were in the school that day…

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/then24.com/2021/08/08/from-surviving-the-hostage-taking-in-the-beslan-massacre-to-winning-olympic-medals-the-story-of-two-russian-fighters/amp/

That is pretty amazing - what a terrible ordeal for both wrestlers - Naifonov losing his mother like that is horrible.  

[jp157 481]

That’s actually quite crazy. props to them.
 

Though it reminds me of what a couple of people have mentioned about Ossetians not getting the respect they deserve vs Dagestan. Everyone always talks and gush’s about Dagestan and ignores Ossetia despite the fact that Ossetia has more medals 

[LJB 2,093]

i had never heard of this before now...

they mentioned something in the broadcast, but, i had no concept of the numbers...

 

[Katie 1,076]

Wow. That really puts things into perspective.  It’s amazing to see them excel after something like that.

[GockeS 534]

many great people were born of trauma/hardship of some type

 

[ShakaAloha 418]

Really sad.  Amazing that Naifnov and Sidakov were able to overcome this.  Thanks for sharing.