TIL a clown saved 300 children during the deadliest avalanche in history. Only 400 people survived out of around 18,000 in the town of Yungay, Peru. The children were attending a circus and a clown led them to higher ground moments before the avalanche destroyed the entire town.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Huascar%C3%A1n_debris_avalanche
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