Last week I wrote a post about how Twitter helped save an injured triathlete who had taken a wrong turn, and crashed her bike during a race. Well it turns out that the demand for this kind of monitoring is pretty high. Apparently, “74% of Social Media Users Expect Cries for Help to be Answered

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Twitter saves lives? Last Tuesday, triathlete Leigh Fazzina took a wrong turn during a race. When her bike hit some roots, she crashed. The damage was severe–her helmet flew off, and her bike was crushed. She “was out of wind, in pain, [and the] sun [was] setting.” After screaming for help, and getting no response, she found

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