July 25, 2004
Lost hikers use text messaging to gain help
An Arcadia woman and her daughter were rescued Wednesday in the Olancha Pass (California) after family members received text messages asking for help, reports the Porterville Reporter.
"During the hike the two became disoriented and sent a text message, telling family they were lost and provided an approximate location. A Rescue Team was then successful in locating the two in the Summit Meadow area".
This story remains inter State, but there have been other amazing SMS rescue stories, were people in distress have texted messaged their families as far away as on another continent, and they too were able to dispatch help. cf Men rescued from the sea thanks to SMS SOS and other related rescue stories:
-- Climbers on Alpine ridge rescued by text message
-- London skier raises alarm through SMS
-- SMS saves nurse stranded in outback
-- And this one is the first SMS rescue story I remember reading about in February 2001: SMS Provides SOS Lifeline
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