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Grand Theft Auto Helps Preteen Rescue Family From Crashed Car

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Kotaku writes: "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?

'She just knew, from playing 'Grand Theft Auto.' She saw on there that when a car rolls over, it can blow up. She knew that could happen to us'"
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PoSTedUP - 455 days 4 hours ago
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1 - take that jack tomson
but yea knowing that a car blows up when flipped from playing gta gave the kid adrenalin knowing that that could happen to her family so yea i say that gta played a positive role right there.
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sonarus - 455 days 2 hours ago
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HAHAHA wow. This has to be the funniest video game related accident i have read since ever. Who knew GTA could do that
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ape007 - 455 days 4 hours ago
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GTA RESCUE STYLE
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The_Firestarter - 455 days 4 hours ago
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That truly was a sweet little story. It sure did put me in a good mood. I'm glad everything worked out fine and nobody got seriously injured or killed.
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Megatron08 - 454 days 21 hours ago
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Ya I agree. To bad they'll never run a postive story about games in the news like this one
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Fishy Fingers - 455 days 2 hours ago
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Hahaha funny stuff because honestly you've never seen it happen on TV or in the movies, hell if your parents we're hanging upside down in a totaled vehicle after a major road accident and you were the only one able to escape you'd just leave them there wouldn't you, you wouldnt think to help them.

Thank god for GTA.....

Seriously though, brave girl and a great heroic act. Good on her, but nothing to do with GTA.
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I LOVE my xbox - 455 days ago
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4.1 - Agreed.
Good job to the girl for saving the family, but A) I don't think you need GTA to know to help your family when they're in danger. And B) Cars don't usually blow up if they're flipped upside down. They don't even blow up if you shoot the gas tank. So major fail for that.
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Kareem - 455 days 2 hours ago
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GTA or not, I applaud the kid for her heroic act.
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sleepyk - 455 days 2 hours ago
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6 - take that jack thompson you d!ck
GTA can help people in a positive way.
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superaktieboy - 455 days 2 hours ago
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7 - but like.. it wasn't because of GTA
She's the daughter of Chuck Norris.. it's like her mother is called Karen Norris!! Chuck Norris's Wife!!!
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 455 days 2 hours ago
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8 - wow
Good job, kid!

Also, good job Rockstar...on the whole accuracy thing.
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jay2 - 455 days 1 hour ago
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Very nice stuff, well done Audrey
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Alcohog - 455 days 1 hour ago
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"She saw on there that when a car rolls over, it can blow up"

Using this logic, I bet this girl is extremely careful around barrels.
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Siesser - 455 days ago
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well done on the child's part, but if this isn't a beacon of light in the direction of leaving the retailers and developers alone and getting on the parents for letting or not caring if their kids play these games...
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ps3freak18 - 455 days ago
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Hate me for saying this, but technically these people shouldn't have been saved(at least by the kid). 11 year olds shouldn't play GTA.
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Timesplitter14 - 454 days 21 hours ago
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YOU shouldn't be a parent because apparently you are among those who are trying to get rid of their responsibilities by blaming violent behaviours on videogames and movies.

I spent my childhood watching R-rated movies and playing 17+ games ever since I'm 7 years old. Now, at 19, I never drink alcohol (and still have as much fun as the others), never smoke, I'm 100% against war and I never went to a single detention or whatever school punishment there could be. And I'm going to university next year.

Man... I've become such a monster...
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Killjoy3000 - 455 days ago
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LOL THE NORRIS FAMILY.
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Timesplitter14 - 454 days 21 hours ago
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HA... LIKE IN CHUCK NORRIS...

haaaaaaaaaaaa........ '_'

That joke is only 2008 years old. That's not so bad
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Dill-Schil - 455 days ago
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wow one good story from gta well id like to see someone try to sue rockstar after that
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Dill-Schil - 455 days ago
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and wait a minute what the hell is an 11 year old playin gta! bad parents i say sue them! lol
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AhmeenMachine - 454 days 23 hours ago
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Well now GTA has an excuse to be a family oriented game now hah hah.
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AhmeenMachine - 454 days 23 hours ago
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I just want to know hwat would happen if the car really did blow up...
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Slinger420 - 454 days 23 hours ago
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If this was a negative story like her killing someone and quoting GTA they would be all over the issue of how she got the game in the first place because 11 year olds shouldn't be playing that game. Ironic when it does good, age has no weight, what a country.
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bunbun777 - 454 days 23 hours ago
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18.1 - Freeze Mutha! Hands in the air...
We got a report that the word Irony was being used illegally, i think the word you may be looking for...*reaches down on ground and picks up word*...it's Hypocrisy!

Carry on citizen! *holsters thesaurus and drives off into the night*
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Slinger420 - 454 days 23 hours ago
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no no moron, the irony is the age issue you halfwit turd for brains
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Slinger420 - 454 days 23 hours ago
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A hypocrite tells a person not to do something that is deemed "WRONG" and they do that same thing.
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xionpunk - 454 days 22 hours ago
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What I learned from GTA4:
1 nobody really questions it if you have blood all over your hood.
2 I dont need a license to fly a helicopter.
3 contrary to popular belief, hookers do not give you std's
4 when a crazy maniac randomly opens fire on your car, its okay to
bail out and leave your family/friends behind.
5 drunk driving can be fun!
oh yeah... and flying head first through a wind shield isn't so bad.

Oh gawd I hope JT isn't here...
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Timesplitter14 - 454 days 21 hours ago
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The other day, I was in the middle of the street and there was a car coming straight at me! So I ran to move out of the way! I saw people running in videogames so I did the same! They saved my life!

JEEEEESUS CHRIST!!!!

But seriously... it probably has as much to do with the game as those violent acts shown in the media. Which means it has almost nothing to do with it. And besides, cars don't just explode like that.

I don't wanna sound like Jack Thompson 2. It's just that I think videogames don't influence kids' behaviour, wether it's good or bad.

They can inform, yes, and they can also uninform. But I don't think they will motivate bad or good acts. Those things come from your own will.
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Dogswithguns - 454 days 18 hours ago
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Great job kids.....now who said GTA's a bad game?
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