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Oklahoma woman answers trapped Nebraska woman's pleas
By Associated Press
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8/27/2009 9:08 AM
Last Modified: 8/27/2009 9:08 AM
AUBURN, Neb. — An Auburn woman trapped under a collapsed chimney reaches out for help — not through her phone, but her computer.
Lucille Kimball says her chimney collapsed Saturday night, falling on one of her legs, trapping her in her southeast Nebraska home.
In excruciating pain, she couldn't reach her phone, but she could reach her computer.
The 70-year-old Kimball plays the card game canasta on Pogo.com, so she logged on, entered a chat room and repeatedly typed in "Help me."
After two hours, a Tulsa woman entered the chat room, saw Kimball's pleas and called police.
Rescuers who went to Kimball's home early Sunday morning say she was trapped under as much as a half-ton of rubble. No bones were broken, but Kimball did suffer a deep cut on her leg.
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Ayo
, T-Town (8/27/2009 9:17:28 AM)
Innovation saved her. Great story!
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FaithnHim
, Crested Butte, (8/27/2009 9:28:22 AM)
WOW. Now this story is inspiring. Good people, good works!
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Ryanoceros
, Tulsa (8/27/2009 9:31:15 AM)
Cool story, I'm sure many would dismiss such a message...not sure how I would have handled it myself.
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Oldfatdude
, Whoville (8/27/2009 9:32:57 AM)
I like to see old people who aren't afraid to use computers, including most of the people who post on TW. :)
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Ric
, Broken Arrow (8/27/2009 9:44:47 AM)
I'm glad a good ol' kind Okie came through for her. That's kind of spooky though...
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my view
, Sand Springs (8/27/2009 9:45:03 AM)
What else needs to be said but WOW.
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Terree
, Tulsa (8/27/2009 10:07:53 AM)
The whole video story is on News6 page. I know the woman that saved this woman in Neb. Good work Nita. U will be repaid for your help one day. like someone said here, I dont know what I would do if i seen something like that. Im glad the woman will be alright in time and that Nita was able to help her.
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HONES
, T-Town (8/27/2009 10:12:12 AM)
BRAVO!
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okie ridgerunner
, Small Country Town State Line (8/27/2009 10:21:36 AM)
Thank God for that woman and okies.
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Carlos
, Tulsa (8/27/2009 10:24:29 AM)
Huh. That's cool. I would have probably thought she was trolling and blocked her. Haha!
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Bl. Collar
, (8/27/2009 10:25:12 AM)
Great to see a story like this!
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Raven is my name
, Guthrie (8/27/2009 10:38:39 AM)
She is lucky. I wonder why did she not type in something more like "my chimney fell on me & I need help! Someone please call the police for me!"
If I saw someone typing in 'help me' I probably wouldn't pay attention either.
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moon
, shine (8/27/2009 11:07:14 AM)
Highly cool! Bet these gals become best canasta buds for life...they should get together.
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Quad Raider
, (8/27/2009 11:08:18 AM)
I saw this story on Channel 6 on Monday. They talked to the woman from Tulsa who saved the woman from Nebraska, and even had some photos of the chimney.
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tallgirle
, tulsa (8/27/2009 11:15:53 AM)
It's the power of Facebook...LOL
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Prairie Tells
, Sorta Catoosa (8/27/2009 11:16:05 AM)
The cyber angels were watching over them.
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Queen Mother 3
, Tulsa (8/27/2009 11:16:59 AM)
That's amazing! Not only did the someone answer her pleas for help, she suffered only a deep cut in her leg. God was truly w/ the lady & kudos goes to the lady that answered!
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owl
, Tulsa (8/27/2009 11:31:23 AM)
Pretty straight-thinking of the trapped woman to seek out pogo, a large, interactive site, peopled with very congenial, civilized, players. Lucky she managed that access, but too bad she couldn't have logged into a busy game room for individual play where groups of up to 60 players can see the chat screen as they play the game. Response would have been immediate.
Recently I was playing in such a pogo room in the wee hours, thought someone was breaking into my home and mentioned it on the chat screen. My cell phone was in another part of the house. Pogo players from as far away as Australia were instantly concerned, wanting to somehow call 911 on my behalf. Was a false alarm but good to know so many people were willing to get involved.
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Raven is my name
, Guthrie (8/27/2009 11:42:36 AM)
owl - I thought the same thing, that she should have tried to find another room that had more folks playing. Maybe one of the 'adult chat' rooms would have given a quicker response.
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Raven is my name
, Guthrie (8/27/2009 11:44:19 AM)
I wonder if 911 dispatch centers could set up some type of instant message place where you could contact them via your computer. Just in case something like this happens. I think I remember they have texting capabilities, though I'm not sure exactly. I remember a girl was kidnapped and while in the backseat floorboard of the car she texted for help so the bad guys wouldn't hear her calling for help.
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Few Clothes
, Austin, TX (8/27/2009 12:03:59 PM)
Raven, she did what she did. You're a great second guesser. She was saved, problem solved.
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Proud Muslim
, Tulsa: Coolest place in the world (almost) (8/27/2009 12:45:18 PM)
Wow.
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Raven is my name
, Guthrie (8/27/2009 1:12:29 PM)
OK Few clothes, I'm thinking about how it would be nice to be able to contact 911 online. I'm not second guessing. I'm thinking of ways to improve the current system. You're quite the "just-go-with-the-flow" kind of gal, aren't ya?
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SraChavez
, Tulsa (8/27/2009 1:19:21 PM)
Cool story. I have played POGO for years and am glad that this lady was able to get on and reach someone through there. The only thing that doesn't make since is that the chat does not show prior-to-log-in comments. So unless the OK woman was in the room and away from the pc, she would not have been able to see the post. She must have taken the time to scroll back and read previous posts. Thank goodness she did.
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Twilight in Paris
, near the water in SE OK (8/27/2009 1:57:13 PM)
That's a good story...sad she was hurt, but glad she was saved!
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