Defibrillator installed on Everest by Oxted man saves climber
When catastrophic floods hit Peru in early 2017, the balloons came to the rescue. The floods affected hundreds of thousands of people and knocked out the communications network across the country. In less than seventy-two hours, Project Loon showed up on the scene and began delivering basic connectivity to tens of thousands of Peruvians.
Ozan Varol • Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life
was the day my trip was saved by a bag of dog food dropped from the sky.
J.R. Harris • Way Out There: Adventures of a Wilderness Trekker
was a jumble of diverse emotions: enormously relieved, severely chastened, and psychologically drained.