Thanks to facebook..
By audsalas
@prettyauds (258)
Philippines
November 26, 2011 4:01am CST
Facebook just became an instrument to the reunion of an old couple here in the Philippines. It was last week when an old lady caught the attention of a concern citizen who was passing by that time in one of Manila's busy streets. The old lady was sitting patiently beside the road that seems to be waiting and looking for someone. She was wearing a simple house clothe dress with a small signage in front and at the back of her dress saying " missing person. please help" with a picture of an old man,his name,and contact details. The curios citizen then approached the old lady and ask who was the man. She said that it is her husband and he's been lost for two weeks already. Her husband has a neurological disease that causes her husband to act childish. With this,our heroine(the concern citizen) ask the old lady to have her photos taken and be posted in Facebook for the immediate help in looking for her lost husband. And she didn't get disappointed for a lot of Facebook users that were moved by the story shared the picture of the old lady. Few days later,the old man was found sleeping under a tram station. When asked,he said he was staying there because he doesn't know how to go home. The person who found the old man reported that he have found him(the old man) to a television station. A news reporter fetch him there and brought him to his house. A heartfelt reunion was seen.. And it shows that with a good intention,social media can be a great help.
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9 responses
@prettyauds (258)
• Philippines
26 Nov 11
For sure there are few who have seen it but wasn't able to share it. but there's still a lot of good samaritans. Hehe.. Thanks for commenting. :)
@prettyauds (258)
• Philippines
26 Nov 11
Yes indeed a happy ending. If everyone will just use social media for a good cause,it will help build a better society. Thanks for the comment. :)
@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
30 Nov 11
oh yeah! i saw this on the news! the poor lola had been going around the city looking for his husband. i thought she is really loving and sweet and the husband was so lucky to have her as his wife. It is very great that this happened and that facebook helped them find each other again. thanks to the man who posted her picture...
@Kalyni2011 (3496)
• India
4 Mar 12
Yeah social media like FB are very useful, if we know how to use, though i am not a member here or in any other site.
Happy posting, cheers.
Kalyani
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
27 Nov 11
that's amazing! I for one love facebook and my husband who is adopted found his biological mother through the same site!
It's amazing how this social network connects people!
@gerald_lian (2188)
• Australia
26 Nov 11
What a heartwarming story..... This just goes to show how social networking can be so useful when we use them for the right reasons. I really do hope social networking sites like Facebook continues to unite people around the world, regardless of age, gender, race, religion, political affiliations and personal preferences!