Online gamers constantly make life and death decisions at their keyboards-but it’s just a game. A Texas gamer was faced with a real-life situation and helped ____1____ the life of a fellow player - 5, 000 miles away.
Aidan, in England, was playing an online game in his bedroom when he had a seizure. His playing partner, Dia, in Texas, just put her headset on and heard what she could only describe as a seizure, so she started to get ____2____ and asked what was going on and if he was OK. When he didn’t respond, she ____3____ started to look up the emergency number in the UK. When that didn’t work, she just had to hope the non-emergency number would work. It had an ____4____ for talking to a real person.
Someone answered the call and she had to force herself not to ____5____ and to stay calm. “Hi. I’m ____6____ in the US and in a call with my friend.” Dia told the operator. “He had a seizure and he’s not responding anymore. I do have his ____7____. No one’s home with him right now, so I’m just trying to get him some help.”
Actually, Aidan’s parents were watching television downstairs and did not ____8____ their son was in danger until three police officers knocked at their door.
“We are extremely thankful for what Dia did and ____9____ that we could be downstairs and not know anything was happening, ” Aidan’s mother said. “Dia had our address but didn’t have any contact numbers, so it was amazing that she ____10____ to get help from so far away. I’ve spoken to her and expressed our thanks-she’s glad she could help.”