Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News » Janus Krums http://pulse2.com Sat, 26 May 2012 21:27:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Janis Krums Of Sarasota Posts First Photo Of U.S. Airways 1549 and Twitters It http://pulse2.com/2009/01/15/janis-krums-of-sarasota-posts-first-photo-of-us-airways-1549-and-twitters-it/ http://pulse2.com/2009/01/15/janis-krums-of-sarasota-posts-first-photo-of-us-airways-1549-and-twitters-it/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:32:52 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=10027 Continue reading →]]> There are certain times I question what the point of Twitter is–microblogging–what a ridiculous concept!   But everytime something wrong happens, I am reminded of Twitter’s intangible value.  Earthquakes in California, the shootings in Mumbai, and now a plane crashing in the Hudson River.  Janis Krums of Sarasota, Florida reported on Twitter, “There’s a plane in the Hudson.  I’m on the ferry going to pick up the people.  Crazy.”  The tweet also contained a picture.

About 34 minutes after he posted the photo, MSNBC interview him live on TV as a witness to the incident.  Fortunately everyone is reported alive after the accident.  Although the picture is no longer available from Krum’s tweet, Silicon Alley Insider was able to save it:
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