Saturday, April 4, 2009

Demi Moore, Twitter Save Lives

Demi Moore has recently saved a woman’s life by twittering. The movie star received a frightening message from a woman named “sandieguy”, who was thinking about committing suicide. She wrote, “I'm just wondering if anyone cares that I'm gonna kill myself now," followed by another message saying, "Getting a knife, a big one that is sharp…” Moore immediately replied and said, "Hope you are joking," sharing the scenario with her nearly 400,000 followers. The brief exchange inspired several people to contact the authorities. Last morning, the San Jose Police Department received a call from a citizen requesting that they check on the welfare of a 41-year-old female. The caller indicated that she had been sending out messages on Twitter. When the officers arrived at this woman’s home, they determined that the woman fit the criteria to be brought in for psychiatric evaluation, which she is currently undergoing.

Moore thanked her followers for reaching out to the San Jose Police and that the police is aware and taking care of the situation and she also said that she does not know the woman. In the end, Demi Moore saved a woman’s life by reporting a suicide attempt on an at reply tweet, and the woman was taken to the hospital. Both Moore and her husband, Kutcher, have been among the celebs that are frequently live blogging via Twitter, sharing news about their lives with fans and the media.

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1 comment:

  1. I saw this today as well. I am glad that someone is using their celebrity status to help regular people. Obviously this lady needs psychotic help. I am not sure how other celebrities would have responded if they were faced with this problem. I am glad there are celebs like Demi out there.

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