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Title: iPhone’s Emergency SOS via satellite feature ‘literally saved their lives,’ rescue team says after wildfire left hikers stranded Post by: HCK on August 02, 2024, 04:05:06 pm iPhone’s Emergency SOS via satellite feature ‘literally saved their lives,’ rescue team says after wildfire left hikers stranded
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/10/iPhone-satellite.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>A group of stranded hikers in British Columbia is crediting Apple’s Emergency SOS via Satellite feature for allowing them to call for help. As reported by the CBC (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kaslo-search-and-rescue-wildfire-1.7277770), the hikers were stranded on a glacier after wildfires began to approach them—and the conditions were so bad that first responders nearly had to abandon their rescue attempt.</p> <a data-layer-pagetype="post" data-layer-postcategory="iphone" data-layer-viewtype="unknown" data-post-id="960419" href="https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/29/iphone-emergency-sos-satellite-rescue/#more-960419" class="more-link">more…[/url] Source: iPhone’s Emergency SOS via satellite feature ‘literally saved their lives,’ rescue team says after wildfire left hikers stranded (https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/29/iphone-emergency-sos-satellite-rescue/) |