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Parkinson's Disease Victim in Oregon Rescued by Fellow Internet Word
Game Player in Florida, Says GIC-Software
LOS GATOS, Calif., Nov. 3, 1999/PRNewswire/ -- A bedridden Parkinson's
Disease victim in Portland, Oregon, was rescued by a fellow Internet
Word Game player in Florida after she suffered breathing difficulties
and could not communicate with her husband in the next room.
According to GIC-Software Chief Executive Officer Weldon Bankston, the
woman was playing one of the seven games on WORDLand, a free Internet
site that offers interactive, multi-player word games 24 hours a day to
players from all over the world. (http://www.wordland.com) Her player
name was ``Whispering.''
``In this day and age of Internet-related horror stories, this is a
example of the power of the Internet to provide positive interactive
communications,'' said Bankston. ``In the case of Whispering, the
Internet played a vital role in rescuing a person in serious medical
distress.''
It was 5:10 a.m. Whispering began to have breathing difficulties and
could not reach her husband, who was in another room. Bedridden, she
could not get up to disconnect the computer to use the phone line. She
had been playing with another player named ``Mr_Jinx,'' from
Massachusetts, when she started typing gibberish. A third player,
``NotMyFolt,'' had been watching the game from Florida and typed ``Are
you having a problem?'' With just one finger, Whispering answered yes,
and typed her name and phone number before she went silent.
NotMyFolt immediate sent a message to a WORDLand employee who contacted
the husband. He had no idea of his wife's peril. She was rescued, and is
now back to playing WORDLand on a regular basis.
According to Maleska's Favorite Word Games, by Simon and Schuster, more
than 60 million people in the United States participate in word games,
like crosswords, Scrabble®, Wheel of Fortune® and WINDOWords(TM), each
day. The games found at WORDLAND are Age-Friendly(TM) and do not contain
any violence, weapons, sex or unwholesome genres. They can be played
from anywhere in the world at anytime with the click of a mouse and an
Internet connection.
To access WORDLand, visit http://www.wordland.com or call GIC-Software
at 408-356-7208.
SOURCE: GIC-Software
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Judith Richards, London, Ontario, Canada
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