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source: The Sun | Mar 28, 08 | submitted by Pat Coate

Koh Phangan, Thailand - Brit holidaymakers Ian Lawler and girlfriend Ranelle Chapman got lost in a Thai jungle -- and were rescued after sending an SOS to a London text service 6,000 miles away.

Within minutes Emily Harding, a researcher at the London-based service, had sent details for the local emergency services.


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"We are grateful to everyone there who helped us out in a situation which could have ended badly."
- Ian Lawler, rescuee

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