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To: marginmike who wrote (20101)12/20/1998 8:57:00 AM
From: Jon Koplik   of 152472
 
To all - O.T. -- a wireless phone saves some lives.

December 20, 1998

Mobile Phone Saves Drowning Boaters

Filed at 8:37 a.m. EST

By The Associated Press

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A Malaysian man was able to save himself
and three relatives from drowning after their fishing boat capsized in rough
seas by calling police on a mobile phone, a report said Sunday.

Ong Peng Hong, 36, who had wrapped his portable handheld phone in plastic,
was able to contact police as he clung to the capsized boat about one nautical
mile from shore, state-run Bernama news agency reported.

Police immediately dispatched a crew to rescue the man, his two young sons
and his brother, from waters off the southern western state of Malacca, the
report said.

Copyright 1998 The New York Times Company

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