Redden wasn't sure if this was part of the game. However,as he later told the Dallas Morning News, he decided it was, "too real po be a joke." So Redden called the police. With the additional heip of international phone operators, Finnish paramedics found 20-year-old Tara Laintinen and gave her the medical atten tion she needed. Without the internet and the efforts of a 12 year old boy half a world away, she migth not have survived.