Teen thwarts intruders with text message
We know we’re going to sound old, but we just have to say that we get annoyed with the teens today always texting, texting, texting. Not to mention how just the noun-turned-verb word “texting” is an assault on the English language. But when we read this story about how a teen’s texting skills caught some bad guys, it softened our attitude a bit.
Lauren Durnbaugh, 13, didn’t go to school Tuesday and was home when she heard someone open an unlocked rear door. She climbed into bed and hid under the covers as the suspects began ransacking rooms in the house about 15 miles southeast of Columbus, authorities said.
“OMG. They’re in the house. I think we’re being robbed,” Durnbaugh said in a text message to her mother, Margo Roby, 53, who was working at a car dealership about 15 minutes away.
Racing home, Roby called 911. Back in the house, the intruders roamed from room to room, and at one point sat on Lauren’s bed, police said.
Good for you, Lauren! If it was us, with our uncoordinated giant thumbs, the message would have said something like “OMg thr nthe hrse roejfoskdffasd;fkasfd”.
Information from: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,3537...
