Google Executive Hailed as a Hero by Protesters in Egypt

Wael Ghonim was reliesed from a detention center by Egyption security Monday night, he became the face of the country's youth after conceding to create a facebook group that helped a mass amount of people for antigovernment protests. Rocking Egypt in their third week. Mr. Ghonim eventually went missing after doing such. I don't really get this article or why making a facebook group would make him a hero.