Emergency SOS via Satellite let the hikers tell rescuers precisely where they were
Introduced with the iPhone 14 range, Emergency SOS via Satellite has already helped rescue drivers in British Columbia, and aided first responders getting to a crash site. Now according to CBC News, the feature also saved four women who were hiking in the region’s West Kootenay area when a wildfire stranded them.
CBC News does ultimately say that the hikers were very well-prepared and had got themselves to an area where they would have been safe for some days. But Mark Jennings-Bates, manager of the Kaslo Search and Rescue team, paints a dramatic picture of the situation and how very difficult conditions became.
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