{"id":7823,"date":"2021-06-29T11:54:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T03:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesmartlocal.com\/vietnam\/?p=7823"},"modified":"2021-07-06T23:52:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T15:52:55","slug":"missing-man-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesmartlocal.com\/vietnam\/missing-man-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Goes Missing For 3 Months, Grandson Finds Him On TikTok"},"content":{"rendered":"

Missing man found on TikTok<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Over the past few years, TikTok has become a very popular social media platform among teens and young adults. Featuring short videos with music in the background as well as special effects, TikTok is the go-to place for feel-good videos.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contrary to popular beliefs that TikTok is pure entertainment, the app also has an unexpected benefit thanks to its sharing platform – helping people find a missing loved one.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Such is the case of a TikTok user based in Dong Nai. While browsing through <\/span>TikTok videos<\/b>, he accidentally chanced upon a clip featuring a homeless man sitting on the sidewalk. Surprised and touched, he immediately contacted the OP for further information because the man in the clip was his grandfather who’d gone<\/span> missing for 3 months<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how the miraculous reunion happened.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A random TikTok video helps family find missing man<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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On 24th June, TikTok user <\/span>Vo Huynh Tan Tai<\/b>, who happens to be a Saigon-based reporter, posted a clip featuring a man with disheveled hair sitting on the sidewalk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Tai, he stumbled upon the man at the Le Quy Don – Dien Bien Phu intersection in District 3.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nImage adapted from: TikTok\/vohuynhtantai<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Feeling pity for the old man, the reporter gave him some money and recorded a video of him from a distance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nImage adapted from: TikTok\/vohuynhtantai<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

After returning home, Tai uploaded the video on TikTok. His original purpose was to tell his audience about the hardships that many vulnerable residents had been suffering because of COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unbeknownst to Tai, his video accomplished more than just telling a story. It actually became a resource to help a desperate family find a missing person.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A viewer’s grandfather had gone missing for 3 months<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nA photo of the man provided by his family<\/em>
\nImage adapted from: V\u00f5 Hu\u1ef3nh T\u1ea5n T\u00e0i<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Less than one day after sharing the video on TikTok, Tai received a message from another user who claimed to be the grandson of the man in the clip.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the user, his 76-year-old grandfather had gone missing for 3 months. Nobody could have imagined that he would travel 70KM from Dong Nai to Saigon all by himself.<\/span><\/p>\n

After speaking with the user\u2019s parents on the phone, Tai sought help from netizens to find the missing grandfather.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe man\u2019s family members told me that they had searched for him everywhere, from Binh Duong to Vung Tau, to no avail,\u201d Tai<\/a> shared in his <\/span>Facebook post<\/span><\/a>.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nImage adapted from: V\u00f5 Hu\u1ef3nh T\u1ea5n T\u00e0i<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

A few hours after setting the search in motion, he received information that the elderly man had just checked in at Cong Truong Dan Chu Intersection in District 3.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Before long, family members of the man found the man, who was in good health, and took him home to Dong Nai.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Social media can benefit us immensely if employed properly<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Social media<\/a> has become a part of almost every Vietnamese citizen’s life today. Unfortunately, not every owner of a social account knows how to employ the platform the right way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From trash-talking people to promoting violent video content, many users are using social media irresponsibly. For this reason, social media platforms have been unfairly shown in a bad light.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hopefully, Vo Huynh Tan Tai’s story can help everyone get a better understanding of social media. If employed properly, social media can help all of us in numerous ways.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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