Woman In Texas Saves Brit Boy By Calling Police From 5,000 Miles Away As They Played Video Game Together

Jan 17, 2020 by apost team

Caroline and Steve Jackson thought January 2nd was just another ordinary day in Widnes, England. The two were watching TV downstairs while their 17-year-old, Aidan, was quietly playing online games in his room upstairs.

Or so they thought until two police cars pulled up in front of their house with flashing lights. The police came to the door and told Caroline that they had a call from America concerning a non-responsive male at the address who was possibly having a seizure.

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Given her son's recent history of seizures, she immediately ran upstairs to find Aidan extremely disoriented, reports the Liverpool Echo. The two were shocked that they could be right downstairs and have no idea that their teenager was quietly having a serious medical crisis upstairs.

The phone call to the Cheshire police in England from his 21-year-old gamer buddy, Dia Lathora, likely saved his life. Lathora lives in Texas, but the two played together often enough that she had his address.

Although physically 5,000 miles apart, they were playing together online and talking on a live call when she heard him seizing. He began breathing really hard and it sounded to her like he was choking and crying. At that point, he stopped responding to her.

She didn't have a phone number for his house, but quickly looked up the local police number online. She told the Liverpool Echo that she wasn't even sure what to look for. She started by trying to look up an emergency number for the EU and couldn't find one.

She soon found a non-emergency number with an option for speaking with a live person. She told the Liverpool Echo that she pounced on it and the local police took her long-distance call seriously. They went directly to his home as soon as they had the critical information.

Aidan had previously had a seizure in May 2019, reports the BBC. He was already looking into the issue and awaiting his next appointment when this incident occurred. Caroline told the BBC that he thanks his long-distance gaming friend every single day. His parents are so grateful she could help from so far away.

Technology has made the world a much smaller place. It is now the norm for people to have friends in distant lands and long-distance medical intervention of this sort is increasingly in the news. Pass this on and spread the word to some of your global buddies. You never know when an online friend might be able to do something life-changing for you.