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"While we've seen countless story regarding children using Grand Theft Auto as their inspiration to do wrong, it's extremely rare that we see news about GTA being cited as a cause for good. It happened on August 27th around 9pm, as the Norris family of five was heading to Diamond, Illinois to visit relatives. Their 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee swerved off the road, hitting a guardrail and flipping four times before coming to a stop, caving in the roof and smashing out the back window. With her mother hanging upside down and her father pinned against the steering wheel, 11-year-old Audrey Plique climbed out of the back window and helped her parents and two younger siblings escape the car. The motivation for her heroic act, according to her mother Karen Norris?"


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18 responses // Grand Theft Auto helps preteen save family's lives

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    Finally,some good publicity!!

    HeroMAY
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    See video games about stealing cars and killing people, help people!! There is a silver lining to every cloud.

    Swiyyah
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    ""While we've seen countless story regarding children using Grand Theft Auto as their inspiration to do wrong,""

    That statement is Bullcrap. The press HAS TRIED to portray that by inuendo, but no proof or connection has been made. If anything these games vent violent activity and keeps kids off the streets.

    daboz
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    This girl did not save her family's lives.

    Blazesboy
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    This is a classic exaple of Subliminal Learning, and Fight or Flight reflex, Both of which saved this Family...
    Way to go Grand Theft Auto !!!

    albey77
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    yeah sure, an 11 year old helped two full grown adults out of a car. I'm sure they pryed themselves out and wanted a good story for the paper.

    T_Rose
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    I let my 11 year old nephew play COD4.

    I hope that when i need it, he'll call in an airstrike.

    Owwmykneecap
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    So without the game she would have just let her parents die? I find it more likely that she helped her parents because they were in a wreck and that the game designers were smart enough to make cars blow up if they flipped over, being somewhat realistic. I'm not against videogames and I don't think that they can make killers out of normal people but this article is quite a stretch.

    satanskidney
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    Right. Because that video game teaches emergency rescue, and without it, she would have just stood and stared blankly at them.

    EdKnowsAll
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    Kids learn alot these days. Bravo to him!

    AxeRFJ
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    I KNEW IT!!!!

    SDLN
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    You cannot attribute good and ignore the bad.

    So unless you accept the bad attached you cannot accept the good.

    Because you're lying if that's how you're working.

    J_Jammer

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