iPhone's Emergency SOS via Satellite Feature Helped Rescue Skiers Caught in Lake Tahoe Avalanche

Six skiers who survived the avalanche adjacent Lake Tahoe connected Tuesday utilized the Emergency SOS via outer diagnostic connected the iPhone to get help, reports The New York Times. Emergency SOS via outer lets ‌iPhone‌ users pass with exigency responders via substance erstwhile a cellular oregon Wi-Fi transportation is not available.


The skiers were capable to enactment connected to the Nevada County Sheriff's Office for respective hours portion rescue efforts were coordinated. "One of my unit was communicating with 1 of the guides implicit a four-hour period, giving accusation backmost to the Nevada sheriff's bureau and coordinating what rescues could beryllium permitted," said Don O'Keefe, instrumentality enforcement main for California's Office of Emergency Services.

Emergency SOS via outer is disposable connected the ‌iPhone‌ 14 and later, arsenic good arsenic the Apple Watch Ultra 3. Apple offers the functionality for free.

Emergency SOS via outer has been credited with helping radical successful aggregate off-grid emergencies, from car accidents to wild fires. The diagnostic works successful Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the U.K., and the U.S.
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