Once again . . . Facebook SAVES LIVES.
20-year-old Nitesh Bhakta is a sophomore at the University of Georgia. Last week he was home visiting his family in Cartersville, Georgia. And he was upstairs messing around on his computer when he heard his grandma SCREAM.
He opened the door to his room, looked downstairs, and saw three men wearing all black at the front door. So Nitesh immediately shut his door, locked it, grabbed his computer, and went up into the attic to hide.
While he was up there, the men tied up his grandmother and his 17-year-old sister. They searched the house for other people and even checked the attic, but didn't spot Nitesh in his hiding place.
He didn't have his cell phone with him . . . he'd left it back at school . . . but he did have his laptop. So he hopped onto FACEBOOK and updated his status with, quote, "Help, robbers, no phone."
One of his friends saw it, took it seriously, and called the police.
When they showed up, the three robbers took off in different directions. The police were only able to grab one of them, but the other two left their cell phones behind. The grandmother and sister weren't hurt in the attack.
Nitesh says, quote, "I don't think Facebook is really meant as a lifesaving tool, but it's the only way I could think of contacting someone immediately to call for help."
