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> A gps location in the middle of a lake. The best we figure is one of the people on a jet ski or wake boarding

How do you rule out BUI/drowning? It would suck to be given up on. Is there ever any information indicating the call was placed by a device?

A classmate of mine accidentally drove into a lake and drowned when GPS/E911 conflict dispatched responders to the wrong location. It's not a perfect system to begin with, and made worse by automatic dialers undermining responder trust.



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