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Title: iPhone 14's Emergency SOS via Satellite Feature Saves California Hiker Post by: HCK on June 28, 2023, 04:05:04 pm iPhone 14's Emergency SOS via Satellite Feature Saves California Hiker
Emergency SOS via Satellite, a feature introduced with the iPhone 14 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-14/) models, over the weekend saved a hiker who was injured on a trail. As reported by ABC7 (https://abc7.com/tujunga-iphone-rescue-sos-emergency-trail-canyon-falls/13425177/), Juana Reyes was hiking a remote part of the Trail Canyon Falls in the Angeles National Forest when she suffered an accident. (https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2022/11/Emergency-SOS-via-Satellite-iPhone-YT.jpg) A part of the trail collapsed underneath her, breaking her leg. She had no cellular service, nor did the people who were with her, but she did have an ‌iPhone 14‌. "Thankfully, my phone has that SOS satellite feature I was able to connect to... I'm assuming satellites," she said. The Los Angeles County Fire Department Air Operations Section was able to get to Reyes after receiving a satellite call. She was successfully air lifted to safety using a helicopter. <div class="center-wrap"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ankle injury hoisted by @LACoFireAirOps (https://twitter.com/LACoFireAirOps?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) after we were notified via iPhone 14 911 sos satellite feature. pic.twitter.com/Z7e18VLgQs (https://t.co/Z7e18VLgQs)</p>— Mike Leum (@Resqman) June 24, 2023 (https://twitter.com/Resqman/status/1672730260440489984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, three iPhone (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/iphone/) rescues have been conducted over the course of the year, one of which was in the same general area. Last December, a vehicle went over the side of a mountain (https://www.macrumors.com/2022/12/14/emergency-sos-saves-two-in-canyon-crash/) on the Angeles Forest Highway in the Angeles National Forest, with Crash Detection and Emergency SOS via Satellite used to contact rescuers. Emergency Satellite via SOS is available to all ‌iPhone 14‌ users, and it can be activated when an emergency situation occurs and there is no WiFi or cellular connection available. Emergency SOS via Satellite works in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, and the UK.<div class="linkback">Tag: Emergency SOS via Satellite (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/emergency-sos-via-satellite/)</div> This article, "iPhone 14's Emergency SOS via Satellite Feature Saves California Hiker (https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/26/emergency-sos-via-satellite-hiker-rescue/)" first appeared on MacRumors.com (https://www.macrumors.com) Discuss this article (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/iphone-14s-emergency-sos-via-satellite-feature-saves-california-hiker.2394248/) in our forums Source: iPhone 14's Emergency SOS via Satellite Feature Saves California Hiker (https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/26/emergency-sos-via-satellite-hiker-rescue/) |