November 18, 2005

Web Cam Saves Mom

Here's the Internet enabllng care-giving from a distance.

Sons rescue mother on the other side of the world.

A web camera in a Norwegian artist's living room in California allowed her sons in Norway and the Philippines to see that she had collapsed and call for help, one of the sons said Friday.
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He said the family was on the verge of tears when they watched on the web camera as ambulance personnel assisted their diabetic mother, who is recovering in the Desert Valley Hospital in California.


Posted by Jill Fallon at November 18, 2005 8:17 PM | Permalink