Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The Columbus Dispatch : Moderator of Cleveland-based diabetes Web site alerts police to suicide situation

CLEVELAND (AP) - A South Dakota volunteer moderating a Cleveland-based diabetes Web site is credited with helping a man contemplating suicide in Wisconsin.

Lloyd Mann, who lives near Mill Bank, S.D., says he learned early Saturday of disturbing messages posted by a regular visitor to DiabetesDaily.com. Mann contacted the poster and became convinced the man had a gun and planned to kill himself...