Life-Saving Technology Offers A Beacon Of Hope In Missing Persons Cases

AUBURN (CBS13) – Rescuers credit GPS tracking technology with saving a hiker’s life in Lake Tahoe.
On Monday, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office – along with Cal Fire, Placer County Fire and the CHP Valley Division Air Ops – initiated a helicopter rescue of a hiker in his 60s struggling with exhaustion and dehydration. The man used a personal locator beacon device to call for help.
CHP officials say the satellite-based technology is becoming a matter of life and dea