<p>Auburn, Maine, fire chief Frank Roma happens to be a drone photography enthusiast, but on Tuesday, he pressed his DJI Phantom 3 quadcopter into life-saving service to carry a haul line to a boy, 12, and a man, 18, stuck on a rock in the rapids of the Little Androscoggin River. Once the stranded inner-tubers grabbed the line, it was used to haul a life jacket over prior to a boat rescue. The photo above shows the drone; the videos show the rescue.</p><p>“I think we’ve only begun to scratch the surface for what their full capabilities can be in the emergencies field,” Roma told news channel WMTW.</a> “I was able to see exactly what the drone was seeing. I was able to direct it to where it needed to be.” Credit: Facebook/Auburn Fire Department</p>
