10 missing hikers rescued from California canyon thanks to Apple SOS feature
A California search and rescue team came to the aid of 10 missing hikers in the "Last Chance" area of an Upper Ojai canyon thanks to an Apple emergency feature. Members of the Ventura County Sheriff's Office Upper Ojai Search and Rescue Team were first alerted to the hikers at around 8 p.m. local time on May 12, according to a news release. The hikers, who were in the Santa Paula Canyon, had used Apple's Emergency SOS feature on an iPhone to send a text message which contained what the search and rescue team described as "valuable information," including their possible location. The SOS feature enables your iPhone to call a local emergency number, and share location information. On some iPhone models, the feature works via satellite to text emergency ser...