TUPELO, Miss. — People know Facebook can be used to find old friends. It can also help find people in dire straits.
That was the case recently when Lee County authorities were searching in vain for a woman in the midst of a medical emergency in the middle of the night. When all other options were exhausted, the social media giant called with the woman’s exact coordinates.
Lee County 911 director Paul Harkins said his office first got a call from the woman’s mother around 11:30 p.m. The daughter was having a medical emergency but they could not locate her.
