Outside of my obvious disappointment stated in my earlier post today about not being picked to be a Ford Fiesta agent, I went to call my friend Tom Jalana who helped put this all together for me.
Five phone calls, eight e-mails and 13 direct tweets later, I’ve yet to hear from Tom. I thought he may have been sadden by the news that we didn’t get selected as an agent by Ford, but my brother contacted me to let me know that there was a mysterious post on Tom’s Facebook page this evening saying that he’s been kidnapped and believes to be in the trunk of green car. My brother Ed confirmed a wall-to-wall post he received about 10 minutes after the original post by Tom.
Alarmed, I started calling my contacts and I’ve been able to track down his last location – Sam Buca’s Restaurant and Bar, located in Palos Heights. Management at Sam Buca’s confirmed he closed his tab there at 7:30pm this evening and thought he was headed home. My brother was with him earlier this evening and said Tom left a bit early as the celebrations taking place there for the local Palos Heights mayoral election had him feeling a bit “crowded” (Tom is claustrophobic).
This is alarming as Tom’s update on Facebook said he was in a trunk of a green Ford Fiesta.
How did Tom know it was a Ford Fiesta? Well, if anyone saw his recent video on YouTube, they’d be aware that Tom and I were filming a video to be a Ford Fiesta agent (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUZRMckyPZk). If he’s in the trunk of a car like he said, then he’s been taken by somebody.
I’ve contacted Samuel De La Garza, the brand manager for the Ford Fiesta and the Fiesta Movement competition to find out which of their 100 agents had a green Ford Fiesta. It could be anyone of these people at this site (http://www.fordvehicles.com/2011fiesta/). I can’t send the direct link because Ford has it hidden, but friend my brother, Ed Sochacki on Facebook for a direct link to the guy we think has Tom.
If I’m wrong, then we can only hope for the best for Tom. Is this guy a rogue Ford Fiesta agent? Or is this something that goes deeper than Ford? Sam, contact me and let me know what you know.
Everyone else, message me if you have any information on Tom’s whereabouts.
Stay tuned for updates or tweet me @s34ochacki or try to reach Tom on Twitter (@tomjalana) as he normally has his iPhone with him.
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Have you heard anything from Tom? I saw that they posted demands for his release at www.tomjalana.com.
ReplyDeleteHow did they hijack his website?