Two people were rescued by the authorities after they plunged their car into a cliff north of Los Angeles. The rescue was made possible by emergency SOS, Apple’s emergency support service that uses a satellite connection.
This is believed to be the first case in that Apple’s new emergency function is capable of saving a person’s life, which demonstrates its effectiveness in life and death situations.
Agree According to the information published by the authorities, the accident occurred when the car of a couple who was driving through the Los Angeles National Forest when they had the accident. Because they were almost 20 miles inside the forest, they did not have cellular coverage , which forced them to use the function that the new iPhones incorporate 20.
With this function, users with one of these devices must point their phone in the direction of a satellite associated with the service in order to establish a connection . After doing this, the location of the person is sent to a relay service that later forwards the information to the corresponding emergency agencies (firefighters, police,…) so that they can attend to attend to the eventuality as soon as possible.
In this case, fire teams from the Los Angeles County Fire Department were dispatched, as well as sheriffs.
“The call center gave us an accurate latitude and longitude for the victims. Rescue 5 was able to locate the victims and insert a paramedic. The paramedic learned that the patients, a man and a woman about 20 years old, had mild to moderate injuries. The helicopter was able to remove the victims from the canyon and transport them to a hospital in the local area,” the authorities indicated.
It should be noted that, at least for now, the function de Emergency SOS is completely free so all users who have a phone compatible with this type of technology . However, it is expected that this service will soon become a monthly subscription for users, in such a way that they must pay a fixed fee to be able to use it if they need it.
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