Cell phone 911 geolocation slowed by obstacles

Monday, October 28, 2002

NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Engine problems stranded two men on a boat in the Atlantic one recent afternoon. They could see land but had no idea where they were. So one called 911 on his cell phone.

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