Quick acting and smart thinking has helped save the life of a Tumblr user who posted her plan to commit suicide. Source: Supplied
THE initiative of a teenager and some clever sleuthing saved the life of a Tumblr user who had posted online about her plan to commit suicide.
Jackie Rosas, 18, had followed the teenage girl's blog for about a year and had witnessed some of the bulling towards her by online trolls.
On May 6 she posted, "I'm going to kill myself. There is no other option."
Ms Rosas, who lives in Cathedral City, California, told USA Today that she knew she had to do something to help.
"She had been fighting this depression, and when she posted that, my instinct was that she was serious," Ms Rosas said.
She called a suicide hotline but without the girl's last name they couldn't do much to help so Ms Rosas called the police at 5pm.
Officer Heather Olsen was also at a loss to help but she contacted Cathedral City High assistant principal Karen Dimick to see if she recognised the girl's picture. She didn't. But she did find the same picture on a Twitter account and discovered the girl's last name.
Ms Olsen and Ms Dimick trawled her Twitter feed for hints. The girl had mentioned how much she liked the 'UHS marching band' and after following some further links the women discovered she was talking about Union Township, New Jersey.
It was 1:30am by the time Union Township police got the call and sent officers to the teenager's home.
The girl had swallowed a bunch of pills and was placed under psychiatric care.
Ms Rosas said she was happy that she did not ignore this girl's cry for help.
"I kind of cried," Ms Rosas said. "I was happy to know that I saved someone's life. It happened at random and it's an amazing feeling knowing you are able to help someone from thousands of miles away."
For help with emotional difficulties, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or www.lifeline.org.au
For help with depression, contact Beyond Blue on 1300 22 46 36 or at www.beyondblue.org.au
The SANE Helpline is 1800 18 SANE (7263) or at www.sane.org
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