Mobile phone saves woman from drowning!

The BBC reported today that on Tuesday evening, a woman was rescued from drowning after she became stuck in mud in Morcambe Bay by guiding a hovercraft to her using a light on her mobile phone.

Luckily the woman was saved by Morecambe Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). "We probably only had a few minutes left before the tide would have covered her completely," said Harry Roberts, RNLI senior hovercraft commander. "She was very scared but fortunately was sensible enough to realise the light on her phone would help us find her," said Mr Roberts.

"She was stuck fast, initially knee deep in the mud but by the time we reached her she was up to her waist and the tide was coming in very quickly. As we managed to extract her from the mud, the water was up to her chest."

The woman was trapped in a deep gully and it took 20 minutes to get her out.

"We don't know how she had got into the mud or where she had come from, but we all hope she makes a full recovery," said Mr Roberts.

The woman was extremely lucky that she had charged her phone and had enough battery life left to use the light on her phone to guide her rescuers. But what if she hadn’t?

Games and apps on mobile phones often drain the battery, which is fine if you have access to a power point to charge it- but in an unexpected emergency, it is important to have a backup.

This Universal Emergency Barrel Charger simply connects to your phone to give you up to 2.5 hours of extra talk time from one AA battery. It is small and totally portable so you will never be stuck with a flat battery in an emergency- who knows, it could just save your life!