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Webcam Helps Save Man's Life

Posted by Editor on 02/03/2010

A 40-year old man is alive today, thanks to a Web Camera on and an extremely observant woman, who happened to be looking at it, 350miles away.

The incident occurred at St. Peter Ording, a popular seaside resort off the coast of the North Sea, known for its stunning sunsets. The man, who was visiting, apparently stepped on the ice to get a better picture of the setting sun, when his foot slipped, throwing him into the icy waters of the North Sea.

Not knowing what to do, he started to flash his camera, hoping that someone would see him and rescue him - And someone sitting in front of her computer, 350 miles away did!

A nature lover, in Westerwald, Germany, happened to log on to the St. Peter Ording website, which is equipped with a live camera, at the exact same time with the same intention - to admire the sunset. Noticing the flashing camera, she called the local police, who in turn alerted the officials at resort. They immediately sent in a rescue squad who pulled the man out of the -20 degree Celsius North Sea waters.

Amazingly enough, the man had to be treated only for mild exposure before being released from the hospital. He plans to visit his guardian angel and thank her personally, as soon as he can!

source: dailymail.co.uk.

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riley about 1 hour later:

cool
bob about 2 hours later:

amazing
a-nana about 2 hours later:

cool this article is reallt interesting
craig about 2 hours later:

weird
Gabby Abby :D about 2 hours later:

I'm using this article for my current events! Thanks!
Anjali about 2 hours later:

this article will help for my current events project!
a-nana about 4 hours later:

i used this for my current event
jolly about 5 hours later:

this helped my current event 2
lalala about 6 hours later:

i think this is really amazing and i think it's really nice of him to go personally to thank the women who saw him. i also think he was lucky that someone was on the website and that the person actually saw him
Saif about 16 hours later:

awesome. quite a good 1
avital azlzubirke about 23 hours later:

this is crazy and lucky for the man who is luckly alive because of the webcam cause if the webcam wasnt there,we would be dead
bulldog about 24 hours later:

this is a great article
zee 1 day later:

yea it's pretty sweet, that guy could of died if it wasn't for her
guwedog 1 day later:

i used it for my current event 2
Maliana 1 day later:

You guys do current events, too? Cool. I was born in Germany and can speak German just like my mom!.
someone 1 day later:

Wow! This must be good for my news artical!
bob 2 days later:

That's insane
a person 2 days later:

this article is amazing! it won't work for my current news tho.
hey 2 days later:

that woman is a hero. she deserves an award. its amazing
buggy 2 days later:

im not using this as my current event
Rachel 606 2 days later:

Wow!!! That's amazing !!!!!!
amazing 3 days later:

wow!what a lucky guy he is!
Dude 4 days later:

COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLL!
a dude 4 days later:

i feel so sorry for this lucky man and i hope he really appreciates the woman's help OMG.
ni 5 days later:

omg what if that lady hadn't been there then the guy wouldn't be here today he is so lucky
Girl 5 days later:

OMG
AwesomeKid 7 days later:

always watch the web camera
suzyQ 8 days later:

I don't think the guy was in the water, but still the same, it was a great rescue!
nike 14 days later:

this will help a lot for my current event
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dada 24 days later:

amazing is very lucky
Sara 24 days later:

At least he was safe.
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