Last year, Apple introduced Emergency SOS via Satellite with the iPhone 14 series. The feature allows users to send messages or call using satellite connectivity when a cellular connection is unavailable. Since its introduction, there have been numerous accounts of how this feature has saved lives.
Now, once again, the iPhone 14 has proven helpful with its satellite connectivity, saving the lives of three students.
While on a graduation trip to the San Rafael Swell Recreation area, a group of students from Brigham Young University, United States found themselves in a precarious situation. They had been canyoneering for about a year and had extensively researched the area, but one of the student’s encountered difficulties with deep, cold water in a canyon. As per one student, the party had arrived at a deep pool where they ran into trouble, leading to a challenging situation, reports local news channel KUTV .
After spending almost an hour struggling to hoist their backpack onto a rock “lip” in a deep pool, one of the students started showing signs of hypothermic shock and panic. Despite their efforts to continue onward, the group encountered another deep pool they couldn’t surpass, with Woods being in cold water for nearly three hours and exhibiting hypothermia symptoms. They realised they were stuck, unable to move forward or get out.
Fortunately, one group member had an iPhone 14 with the Emergency SOS via Satellite feature. Using this feature, they were able to send text messages for help every time a satellite lined up with their location within the canyon, which occurred approximately every 20 minutes, and a distress signal was sent out to Emery County.
The helicopter crew arrived all the way from Arizona to save the students.
The Emergency SOS via Satellite feature on the iPhone 14 is currently accessible in several countries, including the US, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, the UK, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Portugal. For the first two years, the service is provided to users for free, but Apple plans to eventually charge users for it, though we do not know the price yet.
Now, once again, the iPhone 14 has proven helpful with its satellite connectivity, saving the lives of three students.
While on a graduation trip to the San Rafael Swell Recreation area, a group of students from Brigham Young University, United States found themselves in a precarious situation. They had been canyoneering for about a year and had extensively researched the area, but one of the student’s encountered difficulties with deep, cold water in a canyon. As per one student, the party had arrived at a deep pool where they ran into trouble, leading to a challenging situation, reports local news channel KUTV .
After spending almost an hour struggling to hoist their backpack onto a rock “lip” in a deep pool, one of the students started showing signs of hypothermic shock and panic. Despite their efforts to continue onward, the group encountered another deep pool they couldn’t surpass, with Woods being in cold water for nearly three hours and exhibiting hypothermia symptoms. They realised they were stuck, unable to move forward or get out.
Fortunately, one group member had an iPhone 14 with the Emergency SOS via Satellite feature. Using this feature, they were able to send text messages for help every time a satellite lined up with their location within the canyon, which occurred approximately every 20 minutes, and a distress signal was sent out to Emery County.
The helicopter crew arrived all the way from Arizona to save the students.
The Emergency SOS via Satellite feature on the iPhone 14 is currently accessible in several countries, including the US, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, the UK, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Portugal. For the first two years, the service is provided to users for free, but Apple plans to eventually charge users for it, though we do not know the price yet.
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