This was a forwarded message from my email-I copied it exactly the way I got it. SG's topic reminded me of this important message, so I managed to dig through my inbox to find this. So the little story of the abducted woman didn't happen recently
Important for those own a cell phone!
I just changed the setting on my phone, better to be safe than sorry!
The Importance of "Location" on Your Cell Phone
You may remember that a young woman was recently abducted from a Target
parking lot in Overland Park , a suburb of Kansas City . Her body was
discovered many miles away in Missouri. They were able to locate her by
the sequence of cell phone towers that picked up her cell phone
location. She had not attempted to dial out, but when her family was
trying to call her the towers could sense her phone. Sadly, the
authorities were not able to reach her in time. However, they were able
to locate her body which was in an area where they never would have
searched without the cell phone tower information.
Below is information you may find helpful. The cell phone "locator"
can
be either set on "E911" in which case you must dial out to be located,
or it can be set to be on all the time. With it on all the time you can
be located by emergency services through the police if you fail to
respond (sick, injured or worse).
ALL cell phones have this feature. It's called Location. It's under
the
"Settings" or "System" tool. Once you turn this on, THEN your phone is
traceable (select "Location On" instead of "E911 Only"). To stay safe,
everyone needs to check their phone and turn this on!!! Please pass the
word to everyone you know.
