A couple's harrowing experience at sea this past Wednesday serves as a poignant reminder of the importance of safety measures while participating in water sports, reports Cape town Etc .
The husband and wife, navigating on a double surf ski, found themselves in distress after capsizing during a downwind paddle from Fish Hoek to Millers Point in False Bay, but their timely use of the NSRI SafeTrx phone application ultimately led to their successful rescue.
Darren Zimmerman, duty controller of the NSRI Simons Town station, reported that at 14:37 on 20 August, an emergency activation signal from SafeTrx was intercepted by the NSRI Emergency Operations Centre EOC.