The mainstream media, particularly in the UK really picked up on this story at the time and I would say the 'pay for tuition' component played a big part in that.
There's an incomplete list of coverage he received on the site [1] but it doesn't include TV or radio, which was a fair amount too from memory.
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Nostalgic!
Btw how did it go viral back then? Curious. Was it cause of his story? Pay for tuition.
The mainstream media, particularly in the UK really picked up on this story at the time and I would say the 'pay for tuition' component played a big part in that.
There's an incomplete list of coverage he received on the site [1] but it doesn't include TV or radio, which was a fair amount too from memory.
[1] http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/press.php
I seem to remember a lot of mailing lists discussing it, which is how I believe things went viral certainly in the 90s.