Cellphone Signal Helps Rescuers Find Lost Duo
From Times Staff Reports
Rescuers found a man and a woman who used a cellphone Thursday to report that they were lost on a mountain trail above Altadena, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies said.
The unidentified couple were uninjured.
The caller told the Altadena sheriff’s station that he and the woman became lost while hiking, said Sgt. Jeff Hardt. He said deputies used the phone’s signal to locate the pair.
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