“TROOP IN TROUBLE” was the beginning of the status update posted last week by the military Facebook page Awesome Shit My Drill Sergeant Said. The humor-based page that originally started as a place for Drill Sergeants and soldiers to share stories had just become the last lifeline of a suicidal soldier.
Just before going to sleep around 11:30pm, Dan, a Staff Sergeant in the Army National Guard who is one of the page administrators and goes by the pseudonym “HMFIC”, decided he’d check the page activity one last time. There was a message in his inbox.
“I don’t know where else to turn,” the message read. “I’m 100% certain that my friend is planning on killing himself tonight and I cannot get a hold of him or anyone that can get to him. Can you help me?”
Dan sprung out of bed and into action, messaging the soldier and probing further.
Read more
---Later in the article it says that Dan called the soldiers Executive Officer. The article then says, "Waking up the officer, Dan explained what had transpired. 'Sir, I know this is going to sound a little weird,' he told him, 'but I’m from the internet and I’m here to help.'”
A very heartwarming article, but I couldn't help but think of this meme when I read that that line.
No comments:
Post a Comment