Google Saved A Life

Filed in: Google — October 21st, 2004

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John Martinkus, upon his arrival at Amman airport, Jordan, Monday Oct. 18, 2004

John Martinkus was working for Australia’s SBS Television

“They Googled him and then went onto a web site - either his own or his book publisher’s web site, I don’t know which one - and saw that he was who he was, and that was instrumental in letting him go, I think, or swinging their decision,” he told AP news agency.

[ Read more @ BBC ]

Probably this is not the first time that Google saves human life. In Google Testimonials, Ann thanks Google for saving her life. Some others found their long lost family and friends by Google.

Thought:
The moral of the story: create a self intro webpage and submit the URL to Google. It helps your old friends find you, if it does not save your life. ;)

Basically, I am saved. :P

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    Knight's Legend Says:

    Google Save Him
    Iraqi militants who kidnapped and threatened to kill an Australian journalist did a Google search for his name on the internet to check his work before releasing him unharmed.
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    i think : lucky he is not using nick name, if using nick na…

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