Trapped Girls Update Facebook Instead Of Calling Help

Have you been worried or wondering how the whole internet age has affected people (especially the younger kids)?

Well it seems even our natural instincts to call 911 in an emergency have been ruined in favor of updating our Facebook status.

Well this is not the case with me, however with dumb shits it seems to be, anyway this is exactly what happened on Sunday night when two kids found themselves lost in a storm-water drain in Adelaide, Australia.

The two girls who are 10- and 12-years-old took out their cellphones and instead of calling 000 (the Australian equivalent of 911) they updated their Facebook status to describe themselves as “lost” and “trapped”. Luckily a young friend of the girls was online at the time of the message and was able to contact the emergency services who then helped.

Glenn Benham who was speaking for the Metropolitan Fire Service said “it is a worry for us because it causes a delay on us being able to rescue the girls, If they were able to access Facebook from their mobile phones, they could have called 000, so the point being they could have called us directly and we could have got there quicker than relying on someone being online and replying to them and eventually having to call us via 000 anyway.â€

This reminds me of the time when Perez Hilton asked his Twitter friends to call 911 when he got in a fight with Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas. Also a councilman in Atlanta chose to use Twitter instead of calling 911 because he was worried his low battery would die before the call connected.

What do you think, is using social media networks a good idea to get help or would you rather dial 911? I for one am an old fashion guy so I would dial the emergency services .. what would the girls do if the Facebook server was down?

source: Trapped Girls Updated Facebook Status Instead of Calling For Help [Mashable]

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