911 Text Technology Coming By Year’s End Under Federal Statute

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – New technology will soon allow some in the New York and New Jersey area to text their emergencies to 911.

As CBS 2′s Jennifer McLogan reported, calling 911 can be a life-or-death struggle for those who are deaf, non-verbal or in an emergency where they cannot speak.

The text 911 technology rolled out Thursday in several upstate New York counties and will soon arrive closer to home.

At Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf on Long Island, the hearing impaired called the new Federal Communications Commission regulations supporting texting to 911 a game-changer.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/05/15/911-text-technology-coming-by-years-end-under-federal-statute/