Demi's Tweets Help Save Suicidal Woman

Actress used Twitter to get help for troubled follower

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 3, 2009 12:29 PM CDT

(Newser) – Demi Moore helped save the life of an apparently suicidal woman early today using Twitter, Access Hollywood reports. A California woman sent the actress a message on the micro-blogging site saying she was “getting a knife” and “going to cut my arm down.” Moore reposted the message on her Twitter page, and her followers alerted San Jose police, who took the woman for evaluation.

Moore thanked her fellow Tweeters for their help. “I am inspired by the enormous response of humanity here,” she wrote.

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The life of a woman who claimed to be suicidal was saved early today with the help of Demi Moore and Twitter. (AP Photo)

The life of a woman who claimed to be suicidal was saved early this morning with the help of Demi Moore and Twitter. (AP Photo)

Ashton Kucher and wife Demi Moore talk with reporters at the Youth Inaugural Ball at the Washington Hilton. (AP Photo)

Demi Moore's Twitter page, where she uses the handle "mrskutcher." (Twitter)

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I am inspired by the enormous response of humanity here and thank you. It is my understanding that the situation was not a joke and that through the collective efforts here action was taken to provide help! - Demi Moore

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Demi's Tweets Help Save Suicidal Woman