Maybe if they had a vehicle equipped with OnStar it would of had a happier ending. OnStar has the most powerful cell phone available...a full three watts of transmitting power. Not the 6/10ths of a watt in your handheld. They are useless if your slightly outside a service area. OnStar has been able to reach a cell tower 20 miles away with the antenna broken off in a rollover. They could of also used OnStar's directions service. The imbedded GPS gives the exact location. They wouldn't have gotten lost. Sorry for the shameless OnStar plug, but the system does work very effectively and has saved many lives. As the old saying goes....no brains, no headaches.