Rednet Xiangtan, January 13 (Rolling reporter Zhihong Li of the潇Xiang Morning Post) What can weibo do? Xiangtan netizen Hongfeng Zhang tells you: Weibo can mobilize enthusiastic netizens from both Hunan and Anhui provinces to rescue two women from Hunan who were trapped in a pyramid selling organization. Yesterday, Hongfeng Zhang told reporters about this eight-hour-long online rescue.
At 11 p.m. on January 5, Hongfeng Zhang received a text message from his friend Ms. Wan, saying that she might have been deceived into joining a pyramid selling organization in Hefei. He quickly sent her a text message telling her to leave immediately, but at that point, Ms. Wan had already been controlled and was unable to escape. In an urgent situation, Hongfeng Zhang immediately called the Hefei 110 emergency number to report the incident. The police suggested he contact the industry and commerce department the next day.
After the ineffective police report, at 1:46 a.m. on January 6, Hongfeng Zhang posted the first plea for help on Weibo: "Two Hunanese women are being restricted in Hefei, calling for Hefei netizens to come to their aid." Hongfeng Zhang kept an eye on the replies on Weibo while continuing to communicate with Ms. Wan through text messages. Fortunately, Ms. Wan's mobile phone had not yet been confiscated, allowing her to communicate with Hongfeng Zhang via text messages without being noticed by the pyramid sellers.
At 2:10 a.m., Hongfeng Zhang posted his second plea for help on Weibo: "The two ladies can send text messages, but one female and two male members of the group are very vigilant. Any movement will cause them to come out and monitor the situation. The two ladies tried to use the excuse of having a late-night snack to escape but failed. They cannot clearly describe the name or location of the residential area they are in... I need local netizens to help me find their exact location based on the clues they provided. Please send me private messages on Weibo, thank you!"
Soon after the Weibo post, many netizens responded, offering advice and strategies to Hongfeng Zhang. Twenty minutes after posting, a netizen named Gong Xiaobing called Hongfeng Zhang: "I am in Hefei, I will go to rescue them."
Gong Xiaobing is a media professional. After making contact with Hongfeng Zhang, Gong Xiaobing began updating the progress of the rescue operation online step by step. At 3:07 a.m. on the 6th, Hongfeng Zhang also started "live broadcasting" the rescue operation on his own Weibo account, attracting netizens' attention and participation.
At 5:46 a.m., Ms. Wan stopped replying to Hongfeng Zhang's text messages. However, the netizens did not stop the rescue operation; some even drove from nearby counties in Hefei to participate in the rescue.
At 8 a.m. on the 6th, Ms. Wan finally had news again, relieving those who were worried. She recalled more details about the location of the residential area she was in and informed Gong Xiaobing of the situation. The more clues there were, the closer the target became, and Gong Xiaobing's search team gained the participation of a local TV station.
At 9 a.m., Gong Xiaobing's search team arrived at the building where Ms. Wan was located. Through a text message, Ms. Wan learned of this news and insisted on going out for breakfast, but was refused by the guards. Ms. Wan and her sister then revealed the "truth": "My brother has already come to save us." The pyramid sellers became flustered, and the sisters took the opportunity to open the door and escape, meeting Gong Xiaobing and the other rescuers.
Seeing a large number of rescuers, the guards were thrown into disarray, and two men escaped in the chaos. The woman was controlled by the netizens, and the 2000 yuan that Ms. Wan had previously been forced to hand over was returned. This eight-hour-long rescue operation ended successfully.
At 2 p.m. on the same day, Gong Xiaobing and the netizens safely put Ms. Wan and her sister on the train bound for Changsha. At 8:02 p.m., Hongfeng Zhang posted on Weibo: "At 7:45 p.m., the two ladies safely arrived in Changsha, where this blog and enthusiastic microblog friends met them at the station. Thank you to the front-line rescue team for this operation, and thank all the concerned and helpful netizens."
By this time, it had been approximately 18 hours since Hongfeng Zhang sent his first Weibo post, and he used 14 Weibo posts to document the process of this cross-provincial relay rescue by Weibo netizens.
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