Eight Filipino migrant workers organized a hiking trip via Facebook and gathered on the 8th to hike the Tangmada Mountain Trail in Heping District, Taichung. They got lost in the mountains after dark due to miscalculating their descent time. The Taichung City Fire Department received the report at 8:39 p.m., and the command center communicated with them in English, successfully locating and rescuing all eight.
A group of one man and seven women, all Filipino migrant workers, organized the hike via Facebook and met up on the 8th to climb Tangmada Mountain, one of the "Seven Great Mountains of Guguan." Due to misjudging their descent time and not bringing flashlights, they got lost in the mountains after dark. The fire department received the report at 8:39 p.m.
Since the eight individuals did not speak Chinese, the command center dispatched personnel to communicate with them in English. They learned about the situation of the stranded hikers and guided them to send a location via text message. However, due to unstable internet in the mountainous area, they were unable to open the link. They then used the “Foreign Nationals in Taiwan Life Advisory Hotline” to conduct a three-way call, translated instructions for using Google Maps, successfully obtained the location, and dispatched a team to assist.
Firefighters reached the eight lost migrant workers at 9:59 p.m., approximately 200 meters up the trail from the entrance. All were in good health. After providing them with water and food, they were escorted to the Guguan Police Station for further handling by officers. Firefighters noted that the eight Filipino migrant workers worked at companies in Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli, and Taichung, and had organized the hike via Facebook to climb Tangmada Mountain together on their day off.
(China Times)