NJ teen found safe after Twitter hoax

NJ teen found safe after Twitter hoax

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Kara Alongi, a 16-year-old girl from Clark, N.J., gained hundreds of followers after asking people on Twitter to call 911 on Sunday evening."There is somone in my hour ecall (sic) 911," her tweet said. People re-tweeted her message and the hashtag "#helpfindkara" trended on the social network. However, the now missing teen's Sunday evening tweet about a home intruder turned out to be a hoax, authorities say. Police discovered that a taxi was called to her New Jersey home the same time she sent the tweet.

Author: Edecio Martinez, Roomie Huh

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