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> The next day, I had the TV on in the background and the evening news program was just starting. At the start of the bulletin, they gave a quick outline of the
by exikyut 5y ago
> The next day, I had the TV on in the background and the evening news program was just starting. At the start of the bulletin, they gave a quick outline of the stories they were going to cover. Among those stories, the news anchor read something to the lines of “an internet user saves the life of a young woman in distress”. Then they cut for an ad break. I was very excited to hear the actual news story, but suddenly, my mother called out “dinner is ready!” and insisted that I come and sit down to eat. I got distracted, and I never did hear the full news story (ha!).
It would be really cool if it were somehow possible to pin down the time this was aired on TV and identify the full bulletin.
I wonder if the author remembers the rough time period this happened within. Even a span of months to years doesn't produce an intractably-sized search space.
- maxime_cb 5y agoI honestly don't remember which exact year this happened. I can give you a super wide time bracket to make sure it's in this range, which is between 1998 and 2004. In actuality it was probably closer to 2000-2002. It was aired on one of the big French Montreal news channels (TVA, TQS). It was probably TVA because we watched the news there most of the time. The new bulletin aired ~6PM. They used the French term "internaute" to talk about an internet user. So you might try keywords like "internaute sauve jeune femme". I'd be curious to watch it if it's somehow possible to find it. I don't need to contact the person and I don't need a "thank you" though. I just hope that wherever she is, she's doing okay :)
- mooreds 5y agoI got the chills when I read this section. What an act of kindness!