Woman raises alarm on Reddit after fiancée has epileptic seizure half a world away

US-based Anna Messner turns to online forum users to call ambulance after partner Melody Madill falls ill during Skype

Reddit users have come to the aid of a New Zealand student who had an epileptic seizure while home alone.

Melody Madill, a student in Dunedin, was Skyping her fianci(C)e, Anna Messner, on Tuesday afternoon when she started having a seizure. However, Messner was powerless to help because she was in the US.