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Ingham County rescues stranded kayaker utilizing drone, location expertise

By Editorial Board Published July 16, 2025 2 Min Read
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Ingham County rescues stranded kayaker utilizing drone, location expertise

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Ingham County Sheriff’s Workplace deputies and different first responders rescued a 78-year-old lady after she turned caught on Monday whereas kayaking alongside the Grand River.

(Ingham County Sheriff’s Workplace)

The sheriff’s workplace studies that Ingham 911 Dispatch was alerted of the scenario after the girl, who had been kayaking alone, known as in saying she was stranded alongside the river and uncertain of her location.

Utilizing What3Words, a geolocation app that divides the world into 10-foot squares and assigns a singular three-word mixture, allowed regulation enforcement to slim down the search space.

thumbnail what three words e1711447706395What3Words App on a mobile phone. (WLNS)

App serving to in emergencies, Ingham County officers say

The sheriff’s workplace says that dispatch was capable of finding the girl’s approximate location, giving responders an correct place to begin regardless of her being in a distant and wooded space with restricted visibility.

Deputies additionally utilized a drone to look the river and situated the girl in lower than 4 minutes.

Members of the Mason Fireplace Division had been then capable of rescue her from a steep portion of the riverbank.

“The rescue serves as a good reminder of the importance of pre-planning safety measures when engaging in outdoor activities, and to consider downloading location apps such as What3Words for emergency situations,” mentioned the sheriff’s workplace in a information launch despatched to six Information.

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