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Twelve-year-old Sean Redden from Denton, Texas, was playing a cyber fantasy world game when he encountered a message from someone claiming to be a Finnish business student locked in her college's computer lab. The woman said she was having an asthma attack and couldn't breathe. Redden, unsure if it was a game prank, decided it was "too real to be a joke" and called the police. With the assistance of international phone operators, Finnish paramedics located 20-year-old Tara Laintinen and provided her with the necessary medical attention. The Internet and the actions of a 12-year-old boy from a distant country potentially saved Laintinen's life.

12-year-old Sean Redden from Denton, Texas, was in on the Internet, playing a cyber fantasy world game. Suddenly someone came online, asking for help. The person said she was a Finnish business student who was locked in her college's computer lab. She said she was having an asthma attack and couldn't breathe.

Redden wasn't sure if this was part of the game as sometimes a few people lie on the Net. However, as he later told the Dallas Morning News, he decided it was, "too real to be a joke." So Redden called the police. With the additional help of international phone operators, Finnish paramedics found 20-year-old Tara Laintinen and gave her the medical attention she needed. Without the Internet and the efforts of a 12-year-old boy half a world away, she might not have survived