I'll bet these two would wish that they could've been located with a GPS in their cell phone.
Quote:
On Jan. 4, 2005 , Janelle Hornickel and her boyfriend, Michael Wamsley, both 20, were heading home to their apartment in Omaha , Neb. , when they got caught in a snowstorm.
Over the course of the evening, the couple made a series of bizarre, frantic phone calls to 911, asking for help in finding their way home.
At one point, Wamsley said they had come across hundreds of bystanders who didn't speak English. Hornickel said others were taking cars apart and putting them in the trees.
The couple also left their truck, which still had a half-tank of gas, warm clothes and Wamsley's cell phone. It was minus 10 degrees with the wind chill.
Wamsley's body was found the next day. Six days later, authorities found Hornickel's body. Both had frozen to death.
The 911 dispatchers receiving the couple's phone calls that night had no idea what was happening. But authorities now know the young couple was high on crystal meth.
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It was later determined that the "hundreds of bystanders who didn't speak English" was a herd of cattle, that was nereby where the bodies were found.
So, as with most anything, there are pros and cons to this issue as well. Can it be used for evil? Yep...without a doubt. But here, I think, it might have saved the lives of a couple of dumbassed kids.