Hudson air crash bought to you by Twitter
Twitter showed its power again yesterday with the Hudson River US Airways crash off New York City. The picture that has been flashed around the world was taken and then uploaded onto Twitter.
Tourist Janis Krums took the pic on his iPhone and then uploaded it to Twitter via Twitpic with the caption “There’s a plane in the Hudson. I’m on the ferry going to pick up the people. Crazy.”
The photo of the Airbus operated by US Airways has been flashed around the world as is the frontpage of the day globally. Such a close share and what a pic. I didn’t realise the camera was so good on the iPhone it really puts the Blackberry to shame.
Breaking news really shows how useful and powerful Twitter is. The same happened with the China earthquake story last year. It is another compelling reason for those who don’t get Twitter to, you know, get it.
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