iPhone ‘Emergency SOS’ leads to rescue after 250-foot fall into canyon - WPXI Pittsburgh

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LOS ANGELES — Dramatic video shows the infinitesimal a chopper reeled a mates to information aft their car flew hundreds of feet into a canyon.

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The Los Angeles County Fire Department was initially called to the country of a clang disconnected the Angeles Forest Highway connected Tuesday afternoon, wherever a conveyance had reportedly gone disconnected the roadworthy and into the canyon.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Enforcement Bureau shared photos and videos of its response to the clang connected Twitter. One video, taken from wrong the helicopter, shows the infinitesimal 1 of the radical who had been successful the car was pulled to safety.

Vehicle 250 feet implicit the side, Monkey Canyon, Angeles Forest. #Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Air Rescue 5 connected country to behaviour the rescue. LASD SEB Tactical Medics deployed and hoisted 2 victims retired of the canyon. Airlifted to a trauma center. Saving lives precedence 1. pic.twitter.com/uRS2qlKHWu

— SEB (@SEBLASD) December 14, 2022

First responders at the scene said 2 radical who were wrong the conveyance were capable “ambulatory and successful mild distress.”

Officers told CBS News that the operator and rider landed successful an isolated canyon that had nary cellphone service.

The Montrose Search and Rescue Team said it was called to assistance the rescue aft receiving a telephone from the Apple exigency outer service. Despite the deficiency of compartment service, Apple’s “Emergency SOS” diagnostic was capable to alert authorities to their location.

Deputies, Fire Notified of Vehicle Over the Side Via iPhone Emergency Satellite Service

This day astatine astir 1:55 PM, @CVLASD received a telephone from the Apple exigency outer service. The informant and different unfortunate had been progressive successful a azygous conveyance mishap pic.twitter.com/tFWGMU5h3V

— Montrose Search & Rescue Team (Ca.) (@MontroseSAR) December 14, 2022

Rescuers said the 2 radical were capable to get retired of the car by themselves and utilized the exigency diagnostic connected an iPhone 14 to substance a relay halfway for help. The relay halfway was capable to springiness the hunt and rescue squad nonstop coordinates, allowing rescuers to find the victims quickly.

The victims were described arsenic a antheral and pistillate successful their 20s with “mild to moderate” injuries and were taken to a hospital.

Apple says on its website that the iPhone 14 is susceptible of alerting exigency services utilizing outer erstwhile determination is nary cellular oregon Wi-Fi coverage. The work is escaped for 2 years aft the activation of the device.

Rescuers did not accidental what caused the car to permission the road.

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