What is the difference with SWATting? How about “saving someone else's life.” That is what a Texas player did to his online friend, the ocean in the United Kingdom.
The BBC and Sky news the two reported this weekend with the quick thinking of Dia Lathora, 21, of Texas, who suspected her teammate, 17-year-old Aidan Jackson, might have an emergency. In fact he was; Reports say it was a robbery. Lathora managed to drive public safety in Widnes, in the northwest region of Cheshire, and took them to Jackson's home.
Jackson's parents were upstairs, not knowing when their son was taken (with his bedroom door closed). How did Lathora know? The teenager told Sky News she "felt a little funny" and got up, turned on her talking microphone and lay on her bed to continue talking as she slept. When he didn't respond, Lathora knew something was wrong.
In his driving report he describes the situation well, while apologizing for being shaken. Notably, he had Jackson's address, but no other contact details, and he had to immediately find the non-emergency number to call in the matter. Police and an ambulance quickly arrived at Jackson's home, and after telling Jackson's mother immediately what had happened, they all went upstairs and found Jackson arrested.
"After all I know, I was waking up with the police and my parents in my room, saying I was just being attacked," Jackson told Sky.
Jackson's mother, Caroline, said in response to the door, police said they were told there was a male who did not respond to the address. Aidan was robbed in May of 2019, so it didn't take long to put two and two together, even though police were claiming an emergency call from the United States.
Jackson was rushed to an hospital by ambulance and went home that afternoon after several tests. Immediate action and immediate attention is required in any catch; it's always better to be safe than sorry, and with the new policy in Jackson's house that Aidan will be playing through his open door.
The BBC says the Jacksons contacted Lathora and were very grateful. "We can't thank Dia and the emergency services for doing so, looking at 4,750 miles between Dia and Aidan," Caroline Jackson he told the Liverpool Echo, which has more details in its report since Friday.
