Online community, Metafilter saves two girls from sex traffickers

[BanzaiBonnie]

This got lost and sunk earlier when posted by are_grits_ groceries. It deserves more attention and some DU love. This was one of the most intense things I've ever read. And how a community pulled together to get the job done.

A reader writes, "Members of ask.metafilter.com rescue two Russian girls from probable sex traffickers in NYC, in real time. You have to read through it to believe it."

"My friend and former student K arrived in DC yesterday, along with a friend. She came over on some kind of travel exchange program put together by a Russian travel agency called 'Aloha'. They paid about 3K for this program.
The program promised a job offer in advance, but didn't deliver. They said they would send one via email, but failed there, too.

Her contact in the USA barely speaks English, doesn't answer her calls but does answer mine. He has asked her and her friend to meet in NYC tonight around midnight, with promises of hostess work in a lounge. Yes, I know how horrific that sounds- that's why I am working all possible angles here.

Help me help my friend in DC."

This is the thread that contains the posts as people try to help him stop his friends from meeting the shady contact. It is very long, but it is eye opening:
http://ask.metafilter.com/154334/Help-me-help-my-friend...

[coffeenap]

1. ThanK you for posting this!

One of the most amazing things I have seen in a long time!!!

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. A hell of a story.

That thread reads like a novel.