Parkphum showing a message on his phone reading 'Social media operation to assist police in the Korat shooting' at the hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. — Reuters
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand: Facebook celebrity doctor Parkphum Dejhutsadin said his phone suddenly started pinging on Feb 8 – scores of his two million followers in Thailand were desperate and they needed his help.
With nowhere to turn as they cowered in a shopping mall from a rogue soldier who had already killed more than two dozen people, they looked to Facebook and other social media to send their pleas and to try to find escape.
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