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Rescuers follow cell phone light
If you have a cell phone, you can always call for help. You even can be precisely located by its use.
But a boater trapped on the St. Johns River found another way to guide rescuers to him. He pointed the cell phone light at a rescue helicopter that passed over him, according to OrlandoSentinel.com.
Deputies in the helicopter directed the marine unit to the man.
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