Greg (Strider) Moore wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov

Coincidentally:
"Petrov has been named winner of the Dresden Preis 2013 (Dresden Prize)
for averting a nuclear war in 1983. The award will be presented to him
Feb. 17, 2013, in Dresden, Germany, and will include 25,000 euro"