Probably one of the most competitive and additing games on smartphones, other than Temple Run is Words With Friends. I normally play people I know but playing a random opponent saved Simon Fletcher life. Check out this unique story after the jump.
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For one Australian man, the mobile app Words With Friends isn’t just a fun game—it’s a true life saver. If he never started playing the popular word game, Simon Fletcher may not have been alive today, according to a report from Missouri news outlet OzarksFirst.com.
Simon and his wife Georgie began playing Words With Friends on their cell phones some time ago and through it met Beth and Larry Legler, a couple half a world away in Blue Springs, Mo. About three months ago, Simon was playing a match against his online friend Beth when he mentioned he wasn’t feeling well and described some of his symptoms. Beth relayed the symptoms to her husband Larry, a doctor.
Larry then made it clear—Simon needed to go to the hospital immediately. After doing just that, doctors found 99 percent blockage near Simon’s heart. If he had not gone to the hospital that day, doctors said that Simon probably would have died.
“I’ve gotta buy that man a beer, he saved my life,” Fletcher told OzarksFirst. “I’d really like to put my arms around him and give him a big squeeze.â€
Simon and Georgie credit not only their friends Beth and Larry, but also the Words With Friends app for saving his life.
“Had I not had that random opponent all that time ago … I just think Beth and I were meant to meet on this game,” Georgie told the news outlet.
The two families now believe they will be lifelong friends, even though they have never met in person.
However, Words With Friends has caused trouble for some. Last month, actor Alec Baldwin was booted from an American Airlines flight for refusing to turn off his iPad, on which he was playing the game.
Words With Friends, made by Zynga, is available for Android and iOS devices, and on Facebook. The game boasts more than 20 million users.
