Posts Tagged ‘Wireless Lifesaver’
Wireless Lifesaver: Boys Save Couple from Burning House
While waiting one morning at their school bus stop, 13-year-olds David Beckley, Jr. and Tyler Creswell of Canton, Ohio, saw flames from a neighbor’s porch that began to engulf the house. Without hesitation, Beckley used his cellphone to call 911. The boys then rushed to the back door of the house and tried to break [...]
Wireless Lifesaver: VITA Awards Honor Wireless Good Samaritans
In anticipation of the CTIA-The Wireless Foundation’s 2012 VITA™ Wireless Samaritan Achievement Awards, we are highlighting three past award recipients who used wireless technology to save lives, stop crimes and help in emergencies in this month’s Wonder of Wireless (WOW) Wireless Lifesaver. Featured recipients are Val Renfro, a Texas grandmother who used her courage, car [...]
Texas Grandmother Stops Purse Snatcher
Texas grandmother Val Renfro was returning to her car after a shopping trip when a thief grabbed her purse and took off running. In the June Wonder of Wireless (WOW) Wireless Lifesaver, see how Renfro took matters into her own hands by using her courage, her car and her wireless device to help apprehend the [...]
Lifesaving Apps
With more than 17,000 medical apps available, consumers are using these instructive apps to help save lives. CTIA offers two inspiring examples. In the first segment of the April Wonder of Wireless (WOW) Wireless Lifesaver, basketball coach Eric Cooper talks about his nightmarish situation when one of his players collapsed and wasn’t responsive during a [...]
Wireless Helps Consumers in Haiti
Wireless proved to be an invaluable tool after the 2010 Haitian earthquake. Videographer Dan Wooley was working on a film project when the earthquake struck, pinning him in a collapsed building for several days. An app on Dan’s iPhone gave him the crucial first aid information that ended up saving his injured leg and possibly [...]
Wireless Helps Couple Deliver Baby in Car
When Amber Engel went into labor at her home on Valentine’s Day, she and her husband, Jeremy, immediately rushed to the hospital. On their way, they became snarled in rush hour traffic as Amber’s labor was progressing rapidly. When it became clear that the baby was going to arrive before they reached the hospital, they [...]
WOW Wireless Lifesaver: Inventor of the Cellphone Saves Man’s Life
Marty Cooper was skiing in Vail, Colorado with a friend, Masami Yamamoto, and was at the bottom of a hill waiting on Yamamoto. After several minutes passed, Cooper went to his nearby home and called his friend’s cellphone to discover that Yamamoto accidentally skied off a cliff above a drop of several hundred feet and [...]
WOW Wireless Lifesaver: CPR Apps Saves Athlete’s Life
During a high school basketball practice, Coach Eric Cooper experienced a nightmarish situation for a coach; one of his players collapsed on the court and wasn’t responsive. Thanks to Coach Cooper’s recently downloaded CPR app, Phone Aid, he was able to correctly administer CPR and revive the student.
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