The unplanned press conference I initiated outside my home received wider media and social media coverage than the official press conference arranged by the Toronto Police Department. It was carried live on two local television stations and then replayed, in part or whole, on thousands of other television stations in more countries than I could name. On talk-radio stations and in newspapers it was abundantly discussed and written about. On YouTube and other video-sharing websites it was viewed four hundred million times—a number that exceeded the population of Canada by three hundred and sixty-five million.
YouTubeEmma, the viewer I cared most about, had watched the press conference on the Internet after rushing home from the library to see it. My sister, while watching it live, had alert
