Mobile phones save lives every day all over the world. Make sure you have yours at hand.
Mobile phones can save lives. There are countless stories in the press highlighting incidents where mobile phones offered lifelines to people lost, in trouble or injured. In 2000, an emergency call from a mobile phone saved three lives when a boat began to sink in rough seas and Force Nine gales. And that's just one of many incidents at sea where mobile phones have been invaluable. A man and two teenage boys were rescued saying that their mobile phone gave them strength, knowing that a coastguard was on the end of the line.
Stuck Up a Tree?
In a more bizarre incident, a shepherd in Greece said his mobile phone saved his skin after a pack of wolves threatened his life. Teofilos Amarantidis said he was trembling when a pack of 19 hungry wolves circled the base of a tree that he'd climbed in an attempt to escape the pack. He told the Athens News Agency that he managed to dig out his mobile phone and make the call that would save his life. Within the hour, farmers were rallied to ward off the wolves with their sheep dogs. The wolves were clearly a serious threat and were thought to be responsible for the death of ten goats in a nearby village. Wolves are a protected species and so mobile phones, not guns, are the only weapon available to shepherds.
Trapped on a Mountain?
From the ocean to wolf-infested Greece to the mountain tops of Wales where a teenager in Wales was rescued after using his mobile phone to save his life after receiving serious leg injuries in a bike accident on a mountain top. The 14 year-old was illegally off-road on the motorbike and police said if he hadn't had his mobile phone with him, they could have been dealing with a fatality.
Need to be Found?
And of course there are tragic situations where the absence of mobile phones has literally meant life or death. One such incident involves a gamekeeper who had a quad bike accident in Scotland. He died, an inquiry said, because it took 52 hours before he was reported missing. A safety expert said at the inquiry into the death that if he had been issued with a mobile phone, the gamekeeper could have alerted the emergency services. It's thought the man walked more than 200 yards from his vehicle before collapsing with pelvic injuries. The health and safety officer concluded: 'The simple use of a mobile phone would have helped.'
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