A Russian Nuclear Submarine Sank With 118 Men on Board. 23 Were Still Alive at the Bottom. One Wrote His Wife a Note. Putin Stayed on Vacation

A Russian Nuclear Submarine Sank With 118 Men on Board. 23 Were Still Alive at the Bottom. One Wrote His Wife a Note. Putin Stayed on Vacation

Twenty-three Russian sailors survived the explosion that sank the Oscar-class nuclear submarine Kursk and waited at the bottom of the Barents Sea for a rescue that never came. One of them wrote a note to his wife in the dark. The Kursk Submarine Tragedy Still Haunts the Russian Navy and Putin  The USS Kursk was a nuclear-powered Russian submarine operated by the Russian Navy. On August 12, 2000, it sank in the Barents Sea, killing all 118 people…