[gus_massa]

I mostly agree, but Kennedy and Khrushchev families probably had bunkers to survive. On the other hand, the families of the Colonels were probably living in a military facility that was a primary target of the counterstrike...

Stanislav Petrov decided to ignore the official protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov

[kragen]

Kennedy's kids, yes. His parents, maybe. His aunts, uncles, and cousins?

Petrov is indeed a notable hero — but note that his self-interest was aligned with our collective survival in the same way Khrushchev's had been.

[miles]

> I mostly agree, but Kennedy and Khrushchev families probably had bunkers to survive.

What sort of "survival" would even be possible in a post-apocalyptic world?