Author: Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn / Source: did you know?
Social media is a minefield to navigate, even for adults. The anxiety it can produce is often worse for teenagers, who are still figuring out who they are, who they want to be, and whose opinions on either of those things they really want to matter.
Recently, 12-year-old Gabe Rongier from Pittsburgh, PA, was chatting with a friend in Texas via Snapchat when he noticed that she seemed to be different one day from the last. When she posted that she “wouldn’t be here tomorrow” his antennae went up.
Gabe worried she meant that she was planning to commit suicide and contacted the suicide hotline. Luckily, police in Texas were able to get to her in time.
Officers sent Rongier a letter and a patch to thank him for being on the alert and helping a friend.
“It’s reassuring to know that there are kids out there like Gabriel that show bravery and heroism and doing the right thing for someone else,” said Grand Saline Police Chief Jeremy Barker.
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