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Injured pensioner, 77, and his grandson are rescued in late-night mountain operation... thanks to his phone's emergency SOS setting

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Rossiter, J. (2026, September 20). Injured pensioner, 77, and his grandson are rescued in late-night mountain operation... thanks to his phone's emergency SOS setting. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16146449/Injured-pensioner-grandson-rescued-mountain-emergency-SOS.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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A 77-year-old injured grandfather and his 19-year-old grandson were rescued in a seven-hour operation near Skew Gill, Lake District, after an iPhone’s emergency SOS feature alerted Cumbria Police around 8:30 pm. Mountain rescue volunteers from Wasdale assisted with the evacuation despite challenging weather conditions. The two initial walkers who found the injured pair stayed and helped until rescuers arrived.

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On Thursday evening around 8:30pm, an iPhone's SOS feature alerted Cumbria Police after two hikers discovered a 77-year-old grandfather with wrist and knee injuries and his 19-year-old grandson near Skew Gill in the Lake District. The Coastguard sent a helicopter that couldn't land due to bad weather, so 14 volunteers from Wasdale Mountain Rescue trekked to the site and began an urgent evacuation. Two other hikers who initially found the injured pair stayed with them until help arrived, receiving head torch replacements when their own batteries ran out. The rescue team then stretchered the grandfather down the hill and handed him over to paramedics at 3:30am before returning to base.

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- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source An injured grandfather and his grandson were saved from a mountain in a seven-hour rescue on Thursday after an emergency call from an iPhone alerted rescuers. asserted

call → see → rescuers

The phone's SOS feature phoned Cumbria Police around 8.30pm after two walkers found the 77-year-old grandfather, who had wrist and knee injuries, and his 19-year-old grandson near Skew Gill, a steep ravine on the route to Scafell Pike in the Lake District. asserted

who → phone → District

A Coastguard helicopter flew to the site but could not land because of bad weather while 14 volunteers from Wasdale Mountain Rescue made their own way to the walkers before beginning an urgent evacuation. uncertain

volunteers → fly → evacuation

The two walkers who had found the grandfather and grandson had stayed with them until help arrived, though their head torches had run out and the rescuers gave them replacements to walk back with. asserted

rescuers → find → replacements

After stretchering the grandfather from the hill, his rescuers handed him over to paramedics before returning to their base shortly before 3.30am. asserted

rescuers → stretchere → 3.30am

A statement from the mountain rescue volunteers said: 'The team arrived, assessed and warmed up both casualties, and found the 77-year-old also had a wrist and knee injury; an urgent evacuation of the hill was commenced. asserted

evacuation → say → hill

Volunteers from Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team came to the aid of a grandfather, 77, and his grandson, 19, who were walking near Scafell Pike The pair were discovered by two walkers who used the emergency SOS feature on an iPhone to ask for help ' asserted

who → come → help

The two walkers who had come across them had remained with them and their head torches had run out; as they were confident of their route back to Seathwaite, head torches were loaned to them to get back to their car. ' asserted

torches → come → car

The casualty was stretchered off the hill and handed over to NWAS [North West Ambulance Service] along with his grandson. asserted

casualty → stretchere → grandson

The team returned to base to dry out the equipment before heading home.' asserted

team → return → equipment

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