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#147897 - 09/08/08 12:00 PM 3,700-Mile SOS Saves Injured Student
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3,700-Mile SOS Saves Injured Student in Remote Russian Forest
Friday , September 05, 2008

A rescue team was sent to a British student who broke her leg while on a research expedition in Russia after a distress signal was picked up 3,700 miles away by a Royal Air Force base in Scotland, The Daily Mail reported.
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#147903 - 09/08/08 01:01 PM Re: 3,700-Mile SOS Saves Injured Student [Re: Stu]
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#147904 - 09/08/08 01:05 PM Re: 3,700-Mile SOS Saves Injured Student [Re: Stu]
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I guess that those things actuall work! Apparently the Russians are not equipped to receive the signals???
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