Net friend saves suicidal woman

London - A Yorkshire woman who tried to kill herself with an overdose of tablets was saved after her suicide note was spotted…

London - A Yorkshire woman who tried to kill herself with an overdose of tablets was saved after her suicide note was spotted on the Internet by a computer user in the US. The net user alerted the emergency services in Britain, who were able to break into the woman's house and rescue her. She has since made a good recovery.

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