Disabled Man Uses Facebook To Get Help During Fire

His wife used to hate it when Robert "Bob" Chambers logged onto Facebook to play games. How little did she know that social media would play a role in possibly saving his life.

His wife used to hate it when Robert “Bob” Chambers logged onto Facebook to play games. How little did she know that social media would play a role in possibly saving his life.

Chambers was logged onto Facebook playing the game Envoy while his wife was taking the grandkids to school. He noticed smoke streaming out of a toaster where a toasting pastry had gotten stuck.

The 51-year-old was unable to get up and run out of the house.

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