How to alert emergency services in any country via text with new smartphone app


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A text containing all of the traveler’s vital information is sent to the nearest authorities, but it won’t be much help unless personnel are trained to recognize the incoming text.

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="350"] The text includes the traveler's name, location, blood type, and allergies. Photo by Peter Richmond.[/caption] A new Android app called Distress Signa