Tired from a hike? Rescuers fear Yuppie 911

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Life  Sun, 10/25/2009 - 12:00

A personal locator beacon made by ACR Electronics, Inc. sends out a long-range and satellite-assisted signal to search teams in the event a person using the device gets lost or stranded in the outdoors.<br /><br />Hikers are increasingly turning to personal locator beacons to summon emergency rescue crews, even when it's not a real crisis.




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