Google Sets Up Person Finder for Chile Earthquake Victims
Bertrand Vasquez | Feb 27, 2010 | Comments 6
Just hours after a devastating 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit the South American Country of Chile, Google has set up ‘Person Finder: Chile Earthquake,’ an online service that aims to help Chilean citizens find and report missing family members, friends, and people in general.
The service is very simple to use, really. All people have to do is choose “I’m looking for someone” and search by someone by name or part of it, or choose “I have information about someone” and enter a complete name to register on the database. The service is available in English and Spanish. As of this writing, there are 7,900 registered records and counting.
It’s nice to see that Google has been one of the fist tech companies to offer their services for good. We hope and expect more companies from different industries to follow suit.
On behalf of the entire Erictric team, I wish to send our most sincere condolences and sympathy to all the people of Chile and other affected areas.
Thank you soo much,you don’t know what this means when people cannot contact any family and fear the worst. In a moment of desperation this provides relief. Thank you for being the technological humanitarian that Google has become.
I’m looking for co-workers and friends from 1980, working for Ceras Johnson, in Vina del Mar, with Gerald Fox, Jaime Contreras and Marcela Barrera
IM AM LOOKING FOR MY CUZ SHE IS IN HER 20′S (WHITE) SKINNY BROWN HAIR HER LAST NAME IS MARTIN
If anyone who knos sebastian smith
he was a good friend of mine when i was in middle school about 3 yrs ago and was a teamate on my baseballl team i hope hes safe any info please write back god bless all
PLEASE…IM LOOKING FOR A FAMILY THAT WORKS FOR ONE OF THE MISSIONS THERE…HE IS AN AMERICAN HE AND HIS FAMILY JUST MOVED THERE….HE IS FROM LOUISIANA,USA HIS NAME IS BOB…YOU CAN EMAIL ME AT bmtrouille@aol.com
This is a great idea. If it becomes popular and the word gets out, then this could be a life saver. Literally. Great idea!