First let me start by saying: WOW! I can't believe that Eastern Michigan actually gave us a snow day. That is really rare around here. For all the years that I have been going to EMU I would say there has only been one, maybe two other times that classes were cancelled for the WHOLE day. The sad part is that our Global IT Club tour that was scheduled for yesterday was cancelled as well, but don't worry we will let everyone know when the rescheduled day will be.Now on to the story that I thought I'd share with everyone. I'm sure everyone has woken up on their birthdays to find their phone blown up with text messages and phone calls from family and friends wishing them a happy birthday. And then logging into Facebook to find that your wall has double in size from all the comments of people wishing you the same thing. It kind of makes you smile knowing that old friends are thinking of you and what not.
Well twins in Sydney, Australia woke up on their 20th birthday expecting much of the same thing. But they logged into Facebook that morning only to posts written "RIP Chris Naylor" and "RIP Bobby." They quickly realized that the Bobby everyone was talking about was their 17 year old brother. They then called his cell phone but there was no answer. Next they called their mom and asked where Bobby was because people were saying he had died. Their mom knew that Bobby was out with his friend Chris the night before so she called the police to find out what happened. That is when they found out that Bobby, his friend Chris and another teen were killed in a car accident the night before.
I really feel bad for the family but the twins especially, because that is a terrible way of finding out that your brother was killed. The police said they had trouble identifying the victim and that is why they didn't get to the family before it spread around to friends and then ended up on Facebook. But thats just how things are now a days, everyday a new service is coming out that gives us ways to interact/connect to each other faster. So its just bound to happen that bad news would follow just as fast.
Story was originally posted at CNET
That is so sad! I would hate to wake up to that. The sad thing is that facebook told them, not their mom or the police, FACEBOOK! Sites like facebook and twitter have become more of the news that Fox or CNN. People rely on blogs and "tweets" to give them the latest news and that is just crazy. I do feel bad for them because that is so tragic.
ReplyDeleteAt least they found out as soon as they did - it sounds like the Police kind of dropped the ball on this one. Who knows how long it would have taken otherwise.
ReplyDeleteThis is obviously not the best way to find out, but at least they know.
That is really messed up. I agree with Joe, the police really dropped the ball on this one. If strangers knew the people who passed well enough, then there's no excuse for the police in not notifying the family in time.
ReplyDeleteWell this is sad news. I do agree the police did mess up but this is a horrible birthday surprise you can't blame facebook on this one.
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