Jimmy Carter hailed as ‘action’ hero for stopping nuclear meltdown at 24
James Earl Carter Jr., now 97, actually rescued Ottowa, Ontario from nuclear destruction as a 24-year-old way back on December 12, 1952.“Do you remember the world’s very first nuclear meltdown? That time the US President, an expert in nuclear physics, heroically lowered himself into the reactor and saved Ottawa, Canada’s capital?,” asked Canadian physicist University of Ottowa professor Jeff Lundeen in his now-viral thread, originally posted Tuesday but officially trending two days later.“Sounds like schlocky action movie, but it actually happened!”Lundeen’s revelatory tweet to his modest 1,078 followers now boasts nearly 50,000 likes, more than 20,000 retweets and hundreds of cheerfully shocked comments.