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Hey, pssst, the Internet's gonna kill you. Over and over and over again -- eleven times! Eleven Ways The Internet Will Kill You! But really, the Web isn't that scary, is it? In fact, while reading about how the Internet might do me in, I was stricken by a vision of the 12 Ways The Internet Can Save Your Life.

12. YouTube

The saved: Former vloggers, mmm, the world

Exhibit A: Jack Kashmir was two hours away from committing suicide when he called a firefighter ... to taunt him? Kashmir gave his name, hinting that the firefighter knew him, then hung up. So the firefighter tracked him down on YouTube where he recognized him from a past real estate venture. YouTube -- making firefighters seem even more godly, in surprising new ways!

Exhibit B: "YouTube changed everything; all I had to do was to post this short video describing a normal summer day," says Ernesto Van Peborgh who stopped waterskiiers from destroying the fragile Morenito lake ecosystem and the black swans who live there. YouTube -- shutting up a flock of premature swan songs.

Exhibit C: C for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, something YouTube will show you how to do with the help of an old 'Baywatch' clip.