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Kevin Russell Feb 20, 2023

President Carter, now in his last days, home to be with his family as he passes, once personally saved Ottawa from a Nuclear Disaster, at risk, and cost, to his life, suffering from radiation poisoning all his life.

Canada had a Nuclear Accident in the 50s, asked the US for help, Lieutenant Jimmy Carter lead a team out of NY.

The future President Carter, had his team lower him into the reactor.

I had no idea. I have no idea why this isn't widely known

#canpoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/chalk-river-nuclear-accident-1.6293574

How a future U.S. president helped avert nuclear disaster near Canada's capital | CBC News

In 1952, an experimental nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ont., about 180 kilometres northwest of Ottawa, partially melted down, becoming the world's first nuclear reactor incident. Disaster was averted, in part, with help from future U.S. president Jimmy Carter.

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Debbie Wade Mar 21, 2023

@kevinrns I had no idea!

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Kevin Russell

@DSWadeLPC

Right?

When I got to the point of the Ottawa reactor story where the young lieutenant "had his men lower him into the reactor" - I pictured our former President with soft wrinkles hammering another nail into a new home for some family, and was considerably choked up.

When you add the Republican conspiracy with terrorists in Ayatolla's Iran to prevent Carter's re-election, kidnapped Americans, this story has not yet been told.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a43368900/reagan-iran-hostages/

#Carter #Jimmy #Potus #hero

The Thing We All Knew Finally Proved True: Reagan-Iran Edition

The New York Times recently confirmed a long-whispered rumor that the 1980 Reagan campaign back-channeled the Iranian government to delay the release of hostages as part of its effort to defeat President Jimmy Carter.

Esquire