“My bank was just held up - with me in it”: Woman tweets heist (in 140 characters or less)
By Jocelyn Noveck, APTuesday, July 14, 2009
NYC bank heist makes for an unexpected Tweet
NEW YORK — A bad morning turned into a surprise treat — or make that Tweet — for a New York City woman’s followers on Twitter.
Annemarie Dooling was in line at an HSBC bank in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday morning when she realized it was being held up.
The track ball on her BlackBerry was broken and she was unable to call police or use e-mail. So she turned to Twitter, giving a play-by-play of the robbery in updates of 140 characters or less.
Police kept her and other patrons in the bank for hours, even after the robber fled.
By the end of the saga, she gained more than 200 Twitter followers for total of more than 2,100.
The robber, who made off with $500 after handing the teller a threatening note, hasn’t been caught.
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July 15, 2009: 8:57 am
Very interesting news. Just goes to show how influential and powerful Twitter can be. It’s a wonderful way to update people about the goings on in unfortunate events like these. I’m sure there’ll be many more like these in the future. Thanks! |
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