UK Teenager Saved From Suicide By Facebook Friend

A British schoolboy who posted a suicide note on Facebook was saved by the police after his friend in the US read that post and raised the alarm. 

The transatlantic rescue operation began when the depressed 16-year-old teenager, who had been chatting with a girl in Maryland in the US, told the girl about his imminent suicide. 

The panicked girl then notified her parents about the incident, who triggered a series of emergency messages between the local police, a White House special agent, the UK Embassy in Washington, Scotland Yard, and Thames Valley police.

In spite of being provided with the schoolboy’s name and the information that he went to a school in Oxfordshire, the detectives managed to narrow his location to eight probable addresses in the region. 

Having nailed down the potential locations, police began checking all these addresses and eventually found the troubled teenager in an unconscious state at the fourth address, on the outskirts of Oxford. The teenager was immediately rushed to hospital, where he made a complete recovery. 

Appreciating efforts on both sides of the Atlantic, Brendon O’Dowda, Chief Superintendent for Oxfordshire police, said in a statement, “It took up time and effort but it was time and effort absolutely well spent”. 

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