Fantastic story!
Miraculous rescue! Yesterday three teenage boys were found at sea outside New Zealand after drifting 50 days in a small boat. They managed to survive on rainwater, two coconuts and a seagull. We cannot help but wonder if they had had cell phones… Full article
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION: summary of lessons learned
“Mobile phones are a common source of distress alerts for fishing and recreational vessels. A close relationship with mobile phone companies is essential to gain valuable data to assist in the location of distressed or missing persons. Associated with this problem is the need to have good working relationship with local public safety answering points, [...]
