Email from US rescues Swedish girl

[icymist]

Published: 20th October 2005 16:22 CET

Email from US rescues Swedish girl
An extraordinary chain of online messages, from a girl in a small Swedish town to a young man in America and then to a Stockholm-based news site has led to the emergency services rescuing a girl who had overdosed on painkillers.

One evening a couple of weeks ago, the staff at The Local were leaving the office for the day. But just as he was shutting down his computer, managing director Paul Rapacioli received an email.

"It said 'Please read and take seriously' in the subject box," said Rapacioli.

"At first I assumed it was junk mail - we get an awful lot of junk mail and they usually start in a similar way."

But he noticed the word 'Sweden' in the text and read the email. It had been sent from a young man in the US who, moments before, had been chatting online to a girl in Sweden.

The email contained a transcript of the conversation, in which the girl said she had taken an overdose of painkillers. It also had the girl's name and address.


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http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=2336&date=20051020&PHPSESSID=b6ce3a9c7bef32b1c1e97fb6b55c5d97

[willing dwarf]

1. Clearly it pays to be Swedish

I guess if the word in Nigeria or Botswana was in the text, this girl would be toast?

Of course it's great she survived, but honestly don't you wonder why the blue eyed devils win our hearts every time?