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Facebook: the new emergency service

Tim Green

by Tim Green
Tuesday, September 8th 2009 at 12:30PM

Facebook: the new emergency service

Trapped girls snap into survival mode and update status.

According to ABC News, the 10 and 12 year olds were lost in a stormwater drain in Adelaide, Australia.

They chose to alert the world to their peril with by updating their Facebook status instead of calling emergency services.

An online friend then raised the alarm.

Let's hope they added some pics of themselves pouting.

Tags: community , social networking , facebook

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