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 A West Virginia girl is being credited with saving her father's life, thanks to a frantic online plea. According to ABC News, On June 10, the Brianna was at her home when a severe storm hit the Henlawson neighborhood in West Virginia, where she stays. The Vance family was sitting on a porch at their West Virginia home last week, when lightning struck a nearby tree, which pinned the father, Gregory Vance, beneath heavy trees and limbs. The storm knocked out cellphone signals, so his 10-year old daughter Brianna posted a video on Facebook, requesting an ambulance. Somehow, Brianna was able to get hold of a phone and managed to get online to Facebook. In the video, Brianna is heard saying: 
 
 “The lightning crashed and hit a tree by our porch and my dad’s almost dead. “He needs an ambulance please. That brings us back to Brianna's frantic Facebook post. We live in a yellow house.” 
 
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 For Brianna, social media seemed like her only option. She said, "I was scared. Her desperate plea for help was answered.  Published on Jun 16, 2014 
 
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 As soon as she posted her message, someone saw it and immediately called 911. The trio were rushed to the hospital where they were treated and were soon released. According to Lieutenant Tim Granger of Logan County Fire Department, it was Brianna’s quick thinking that saved her father’s and his friend’s lives. “This is the real hero, that little girl, and I hope she gets recognized for her heroism,” Granger said. Brianna’s dad is still recovering from his injuries and on father’s day yesterday, the gutsy 10-year-old had a message for her dad. “I hope you get well soon,because you are the best dad I could ever ask for.” 
 
 All said, there is still some uncertainty regarding the entire episode.
– A West Virginia girl sprung into action last Tuesday when a lightning-struck tree landed on her family's porch, trapping her father and his two friends, ABC News reports. "I was scared," said 10-year-old Brianna Vance. "I needed help. My dad needed help." There was no landline in the house, and the storm had knocked out cellphone signals, but somehow she got online anyway. Fighting back tears, she posted a video message on Facebook: "The lightning crashed and hit a tree by our porch and my dad’s almost dead. He needs an ambulance please. Please call one for us if you have a signal. We live in a yellow house, a trailer." Soon firefighters showed up and rescued Brianna's dad, Gregory Vance, who was hospitalized with several broken bones, WOWK-TV reports. Luckily he was able to come home Saturday and spend Father's Day with his children as he continued his recovery, reports MyFox Philly. "If she would have been there [on the porch] a little bit longer and it would have hit her," he said. "The pain of burying one of my children, I could not bear that, but I can handle this pain." A fire department official calls her "the real hero," but Inquisitr reports that some are wondering how she got online when communication lines were down. (For social media's downside, read about a woman who met a guy on Facebook—who then buried her alive.)