Students at Shenendehowa High School in Clifton Park, N.Y., initiated a massive Twitter-bomb today, using the hashtag #TebowCallMatt to elicit a phone call from New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow to an injured student. Matthew Hardy, 17, was seriously injured yesterday in a car crash with a drunk driver.
https://twitter.com/chilltweetss/status/275784463542276096
Hardy’s brother expressed gratitude for all the support, and made a point of not telling his brother about it until the call came.
https://twitter.com/mike_hardy5/status/275780265408880640
Two of Hardy’s fellow students, Christopher Stewart and Deanna Rivers, did not survive the crash. Another student, Bailey Wind, was also severely injured. Students are also Twitter-bombing on Wind’s behalf, targeting Olympic swimmer Missy Franklin and English diver Tom Daley with the hashtags #MissyCallBailey and #DaleyCallBailey. There is no word from Franklin or Daley as of this writing.
https://twitter.com/aferrarese123/status/275795250214219777
As for Tebow, tweeters are ecstatic that he responded.
https://twitter.com/KarinBeswick/status/275771833796681728
https://twitter.com/xxalannnna611/status/275794181518147584
Update:
Success! Missy Franklin called Bailey Wind:
Here’s hoping she’s able to connect with Bailey.