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iPhone emergency app helps save family in Maui firestorm

The iPhone 14‘s Emergency SOS via Satellite feature played an important role in the rescue of a family in Maui that became trapped by the wildfires spreading across the region.

Twitter user Michael Miraflor said that five people related to his brother’s girlfriend were caught in a vehicle in Maui after the wildfires surrounded them. There was no cell service available at their location, so they used Emergency SOS to communicate with first responders.

For more about this story, read the full version at MacRumors.

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