One life...

and its impact on millions.

Yahoo! News - CPR Inventor Safar Dies in U.S.

The medical community has lost a pioneer in lifesaving technique. Peter Safar, the doctor credited with inventing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, survived a Nazi labour camp and emigrated to the United States.

Think of the millions of people this man's ideas have and will in the future save. Think of what might have been if so many millions had not been lost in the wars of the last hundred years. Think of what hatred and intolerance has cost the world.

Still think history doesn't affect you? All events put forth rippled permutations that define our world. Boggles, the mind, doesn't it?