Border Patrol installing rescue stations with water and phone chargers article
The Rescue Beacon contains a red button that allows someone in distress to activate a call for medical assistance or rescue. (U.S. Border Patrol)
NEW YORK - The U.S. Border Patrol is deploying so-called Rescue Beacons in remote areas to help stranded migrants.
One of the towers was installed in the wilderness outside of Comstock, Texas last week.
The beacons have 30 feet tall towers on them and are equipped with a high visibility strobe light on the top. A red button allows someone in distress to activate a call for medical assistance or rescue while automatically providing their location.
Border Patrol Deploys Rescue Beacon
DEL RIO, TX – U.S. Border Patrol Del Rio Sector’s Foreign Operation Branch/Missing Migrant Program deployed the sector’s first state of the art Rescue Beacon in the wilderness outside Comstock, on Dec. 8.
“Too often, migrants are abandoned by human smugglers in the harsh Texas terrain. These individuals are often left with little to no provisions, lost in a foreign country, and without any avenue for rescue,” said Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Austin L. Skero II. “These beacons enhance Del Rio Sector’s capability to respond to those in distress and save lives.”