Swiss mountain rescue plays out on Twitter

An Alpine rescue in the Swiss Alps played out over the micro-blogging website Twitter ended in tragedy after a snowboarder was found dead, British media and Swiss authorities said on Tuesday. [via the AP]

The skier, well known Internet entrepreneur, Rob Williams, was co-founder of one of the UK’s leading online companies Dolphin Music. The hunt for Rob and Jason (who was safely rescued) has been well documented online and involved his friends frantically attempting to use Twitter, GPS and iPhones to try and pinpoint their location, reports TechCrunch.

emily | 9:20 AM | Twitter |
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