moore and vardalos responded to messages from young man threatening to hang himself in his front yard in florida. two other people, one from california, another from british columbia also reported the threat on twitter and called florida authorities. >> i saw it on demi moore's page because i follow her. it's not that complicated, but it sounds like it is. and she responds to him and says are you serious? and he says yes. >> we're very grateful that the people picked up the phone. in this case very well could've saved his life. >> the teen's mother told police her son has obsessive-compulsive disorder. he was crying when he told police he admitted posting the tweet. he is in protective custody. >>>check out this daredevil. look closely, in florida, he walked across a wire nearly 400 feet in the air. makes you nervous just looking at it. he walked between two 34-story towers in ft. myers, yesterday, and no net was underneath them. this is the highest sky walk he has er performed. and get this, he says he decided last minute to include his mother. she's also a wire walker but hasn't per

yes, that nia vardalos, of "my big fat greek wedding." she took it seriously and called 911 in the man's hometown. >> i don't know this person. i was reading a twitter. and twitter is very public. and i saw it on demi moore's page. because i follow her. >> reporter: local police went to the man's home, where they and his mother, found him upstairs, hunched over his computer, crying. >> adolescents often want to reach out if they feel suicidal. so, if they feel they can't connect with their family or teachers, they will twitter or write about it. >> reporter: after the man was taken into protective custody, nia vardalos tweeted an update. just folk to florida police again. he is okay. it's not a hoax. for "good morning america," brian rooney, abc news, los angeles. >> this is the second time that's happened with someone tweeting to demi moore. >> really? >> we talk about celebrity fascination. i guess it makes sense that someone in their darkest moment would reach out to them. >> what happens next? >> right. >> really have to watch that. >

and this morning, vardalos yes, am a little shaken. just wantto say thank you twitter for carries about a stranger in flala last night. >>> police are on the lookout for a real-life cookie monster. a surveillance camera caught him swiping money from a girl scout. yeah, as you can imagine, the poor girl was terrified. >> shaky, i didn't really sleep last night. his head is in my mind. i started to pack up my cookies, i bent down to grab a box. he pushed past my mom, grabbed the money. i still am going to sell cookies. that's what i do. >> the crook made off with $465 in cash, but after hearing what happened, several good samaritans donated more than $1,000 to make up for the stolen money. she has decided to put the money toward "operation cookie drop" which sends cookies to u.s. troops serving overseas. >>> we bring you the news throughout the eeke, but we want your views as well. we sent out our own joe carter on the street to find out what you think about religion. >> i'm joe carter. we're on the street. find out what's on your mind.