R.I.P. Olympian, WWII hero, Louis Zamperini: ‘What a life’ [pics]

http://twitter.com/#!/boderek/status/484792205794488320

Louis Zamperini competed as a runner in the 1936 Olympics, served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II as a bombardier. He survived 47 days on an open raft in the Pacific before being taken prisoner by the Japanese. Zamperini’s life is the basis for the bestselling book “Unbroken” by Lauren Hillenbrand on which Angelina Jolie is basing a film.

Zamperini passed away yesterday at the age of 97. He touched a lot of lives and many of them remembered him on Twitter.

http://twitter.com/#!/nprbooks/status/484732049396600832
http://twitter.com/#!/davidberman88/status/484720975036956672
http://twitter.com/#!/bretmichaels/status/484776263530201088
http://twitter.com/#!/garretdillahunt/status/484856574343536640
http://twitter.com/#!/djritzenhein/status/484867553710571520
http://twitter.com/#!/galleray/status/484773998450839552
http://twitter.com/#!/MichaelKoltes/status/484752915400499200
http://twitter.com/#!/OpenHouseRadio/status/484870483792252928

One of a kind.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/07/03/r-i-p-olympian-wwii-hero-louis-zamperini-what-a-life-pics/