Ian Found - Safe and Sound

[Brett_Tabke]

Ian Turner has been found - alive and healthy!

He has lost his passport and he is in Atlanta. Should be home with family shortly.

[badass101]

Thank god for that...
Had fingers crossed for him!

[GoogleGuy]

Woohoo! That's awesome.

[Brett_Tabke]

Oh man - what a relief.

Anything you need Ali - just ask.

[emodo]

Yay!

I just made some banner ads for Ian... now I just have to figure out how to convert them to sell herbal viagra.

[ukgimp]

you nutter ian :-D

so glad

[rustybrick]

I am so happy for his family.

This is great news!

[BillyS]

Good news.

[zeus]

Damn, Ian next time stay at the bar and there will cald a taxi for you to the airport and your passport will be in a box at the airport.

I hope everything is well, you scare others to join the conference:)

[mcmrob]

Excellent! I bet he'll be quite flattered by all the attention. He's got some great friends, and is part of a very caring community.

Drinks for everyone :-)

[edited by: mcmrob at 9:49 pm (utc) on July 1, 2005]

[dazzlindonna]

Woohoo! That is fabulous news!

[GoogleGuy]

I'll ask folks to add an update to our Google blog post.

[sullen]

Fabulous. It's late on Friday night here but I had to log in just to see if there was any news.

Ali - I read your posts on another forum - you're an incredible woman.

[coho75]

This is great news. Glad to hear it. It's nice to see so many people come together and offer help. Best wishes to Ian, Ali and their children.

[Web Footed Newbie]

GREAT NEWS!
I would personally like to thank everyone in the search community for all of their efforts. As one of the last people to see Ian in New Orleans, I was re-thinking all day that he has to be found or I live re-thinking that day for a long time.

Special thanks to Nick, Danny Sullivan, DaveN, Mardi Gras, Brett and others in maintaining clarity in these moments of crisis.

WFN

[g1smd]

Let's also just contemplate the hundreds of other people still missing today, those who have no access to this great resource, and no facilities to pass information all around the world in minutes.

What can we all contribute to their plight, from this point on?

[Big_Balou]

Great news....I can stop emailing people now ;-)

[ncw164x]

great news ;)

[incrediBILL]

This is GREAT NEWS as I wasn't looking forward Gretta Van Sustern running with this ball.

I guess the big question is why didnt anyone hear from him or did the authorities toss him in the can while they sorted it out?

[edited by: incrediBILL at 10:04 pm (utc) on July 1, 2005]

[Visit Thailand]

Again great news but may I ask what he has been doing the past six days? One does not suddenly fall off the map in Atlanta just because you lose a passport.

[kevinpate]

Glad to know he's alive and well
- now taking side bets on whether his missus is getting him a GPS for his next birthday :)

[emodo]

Oh Ian, that little rascal... :)

Let me finish this beer to celebrate and then back to content creation!

[edited by: emodo at 10:08 pm (utc) on July 1, 2005]

[BillyS]

Let's start an international calling card fund...

[Web Footed Newbie]

g1smd,
Nick on TW had amounts pledged for a private detective. I would be happy to give my pledge of that to a good cause. I don't know Nick personally, but anyone else does, maybe ask him of all those who pledged and see if they would follow through with this idea.
WFN

[martinibuster]

What a relief! I can't express how happy I am that Ian has been found.

Can we please not make assumptions or ask intrusive questions? It's disrespectful. We are not entitled to know everything. Ian is entitled to his privacy. Let's not get nosey and gossipy, it reflects badly on yourself.

We are happy for his safety.

[edited by: martinibuster at 10:13 pm (utc) on July 1, 2005]

[incrediBILL]

One does not suddenly fall off the map in Atlanta just because you lose a passport.

Held over at Gitmo? ;)

[Visit Thailand]

Perhaps instead of funds he can sell his story to one of the tabloids!

[edited by: Visit_Thailand at 10:13 pm (utc) on July 1, 2005]

[Brett_Tabke]

Well, there is a bit more to the story, but it does have a happy ending.

[jimbeetle]

Good news!

I've always said that these danged Brits shouldn't be allowed into the States without a chaperone. You'd better come along with him the next time, Ali.

[incrediBILL]

of course I'll never meet the guy now, not like his wife is ever letting him out of the house again!