[Edit] I just realized this reads as if I think we should only save people who are worthwhile hackers. That is not what I meant. What I mean is that I think it is appropriate to post to HN, because based on his CV, many of his peers would likely see it if it was on HN. We are not an amber alert service, but if a well-known developer is missing, HN is where I would turn to. [/edit]
Why this matters to Hacker News (in addition to it being a person in need):
A small sampling from that page reads as follows:
Tony actively participates and contributes to the open source software community.
* Scala core libraries §
* ScalaCheck §
* Scalaz §