After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, 600,000 men known as 'liquidators' were sent into the highly radioactive reactor site to prevent a catastrophic second explosion that could have contaminated all of Europe; these workers, who were given vodka as ineffective radiation protection and forced to work in 90-second shifts due to the extreme danger, knowingly accepted death as their fate because the alternative was the potential end of civilization.
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Did you know 600,000 men were sent [music] to clean up Chernobyl, knowing they would die? They called them liquidators. After the reactor exploded, someone had to go inside the radioactive hell to [music] prevent a second blast that could contaminate all of Europe.
Soldiers were given vodka as radiation protection. It did nothing. They worked in [music] 90-second shifts because longer meant instant death. Many collapsed within hours. Others died within weeks. They knew it was a suicide mission, but they went [music] anyway because the alternative was the end of civilization.
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