rescue found 28-year-old melissa vazquez after her car plunged down a ravine, the satellite system pointed them in the wrong direction. it was her find my iphone app that point pointed her location. an rubin with how that app saved her life. >> police tried going through the phone company and ping the phone. that gave them a search area of 7 miles. the iphone itself led police to her. >> following the crash, she was rescued from a ravine, melissa vazquez may not have been found without the iphone and the guess work of a police officer. >> the fact that this officer was able to hack his way into her account by guessing her password is fortunate. >> vazquez easy to crack password allowed police to access her password. it pinpointed her location within feet. >> these apps are taking advantage of the phone's location awareness, cell towers, satellites and wifi, satellites are close, cell towers not close and wifi close. android advice manager does the same for android phones, you don't have to download them, they are there. >> they can find a phone in close quarters or farther away. we put min

in intensive care after being rescued from her overturned car on mount hamilton. 28-year-old melissa vazquez spent 19 hours in the wreckage before being found and a coast guard helicopter got her to the hospital. it was a campbell police officer who pinpointed her location. he was able to unlock her "find my iphone" app by figuring out the password to her ipad. >> so i made an educated guess based on a series of common numbers that people use for passwords. >> and it only took him three tries. the onstar in her gm car pointed to two incorrect locations after she crashed monday afternoon. it was the next morning when officer cameron figured out her true location. >> what are the chances three tries? amazing. >>> contra costa health services offer free hiv and aids testing. testing is confidential and the results are available pretty quickly in 20 minutes. we posted more information about the places to get tested today on our website, kpix.com. >>> some silicon valley giants are offering an unusual benefit to their female employees. kpix 5's kiet do is live in menlo park to explain why the com

. >> reporter: the mystery of where melissa vazquez ended up was solved in four little clicks. by this guy. >> just throwing stuff at the wall and it stuck. >> reporter: 28-year-old melissa hadn't been seen in hours. the onstar in her gm car last pinked her location to camden avenue and highway 17 then downtown san jose. but she and her car weren't at either spot. pinging her location off a cell phone tower gave a 7-mile radius to search. officer david cameron showed up at her stepmother's house to try one more thing. he asked for melissa's ipad to try to locate her phone and in three guesses he cracked the code. >> so i made a educated guess based on a series of common numbers that people use for passwords. >> reporter: then he turned on the "find my iphone" amp app and problem one was solved. officers looking for melissa had a location to search on the 14000 block of mount hamilton road. >> it gave a very small search area. >> reporter: but the time to make the discovery work was running short. >> i noticed that she only had 12% battery left on her phone at the time. >> report

helicopter pulled injured 28-year-old melissa vazquez off of mount hamilton. she drove her car into a ravine monday. on star alerted police but they didn't tell them the proper location. the police officer turned to the find my phone app to find the woman's ipad but the problem he didn't have the password. >> trying to make an educated guess, just throwing stuff and third try, i was able to get in. >> wow, that's amazing. that information led crews to vazquez and her car 500 feet down a steep ravine. she was seriously injured but alive and is recovering at regional medical center. >> amazing. that officer's intuition probably saved the woman's life. 4:40 now on wednesday morning. well-known bay area newspaper releasing its final issue today. what caused the paper to shut down, coming up. >> we continue to follow developments in hong kong. protesters and police in riot gear clashing overnight. dozens arrested, and a number of others hurt. details next. >>> amazing rescue caught on camera. people ban together on a beach to save a struggling swimmer. >> "today in

police knew 28-year-old melissa vazquez was in trouble monday afternoon. her onstar service notified campbell police she was in a car accident. >> those initial onstar alert that came out. was in the area of her residence. >> campbell police searched white oaks road in shelley avenue for hours and found nothing. later a ping from her cell phone turned searchers toward downtown san jose. nowhere near where she needed help. as part of my investigation the i asked the stepmother if she had, an iphone. if she had an iphone. was she aware she had the find my iphone app. >> when vazquez's family reported her missing. cameron hoped her technology would provide new clues. he had her ipad but no password. >> just trying to make an educated guess. just, just throwing, stuff at the wall. it stuck. luckily on the third try. i was able to get in. >> cameron activated find my iphone feature on vazquez's phone. in second had an address. 20 minutes later, rescue crews found vazquez and her car, 500 feet down a steep ravine. she was seriously injured but alive. >> their ti

. >>> reporter: after 18 hours the mystery of where melissa vazquez ended up was solved in four little clicks by this guy. >> just throwing stuff at the wall hoped it stuck. >> reporter: 28-year-old melissa hadn't been seen in hours. the onstar in her gm car last pinged her at downtown san jose but she and her car weren't there. pinging her location off a cell phone tower gave a 7-mile radius to search. he showed up at melissa's stepmother's house, asked for the ipad, tried to guess the code. >> i made an educated guess based on a series of common numbers people use for passwords. >> reporter: then he turned on the "find my iphone" app and problem one was solved. officers looking for melissa suddenly had a location to search on the 14000 block of mount hamilton road. >> it gave a very small search area. >> reporter: but the time to make the discovery work was running short. >> i noticed that she only had 12% battery left on her phone at the time. >> reporter: cameron, campbell pd's self-taught geek, send a field grab to the crews and found her in a reconvenient in a ravine. >> 16 years

police and coast guard air lifting 28-year-old melissa vazquez after her car veered off the road and plunged 500 feet into a ravine monday afternoon. police say vazquez was badly injured and trapped in her car, unable to use her cell phone to call for help. vazquez's device alerted authorities of a crash, but police say after hours of searching, can't locate her car. 12 hours pass. vazquez's stepmother calls police to report her missing. an officer goes to her home and finds her ipad and after several tries, remarkably guesses vazquez's password and with it, uses the find my phone feel sure to zero in on her location. >> getting a hit on a gps from find my iphone app. >> reporter: nearly 24 hours after she disappeared, vazquez is rescued, pulled out of the ravine in a stretcher and taken to a local hospital and treated for her injuries. and david, tonight, onstar says it is aware of the incident and is investigating. vazquez is set to said to be responsive and in good condition. >> aditi, thank you. >>> coming up, the breaking news, the punishment for those nascar greats after that m

they found melissa vazquez. >> she was face down awake coherent and speak to go the officers. >> they her into an air lift basket and they lifted her out of the ravine. the car's on star program detected a track after two tires were ripped off the car. it told them she was at highway 17 and camden avenue near vazquez home. officers responded. police heard and found nothing. on star updated it to downtown san jose. again police found nothing. her step mother called police saying her daughter was missing. officer dave cameron went to the home. he was told she had an iphone. he went on to find my iphone app. he tried to figure out her pass word. >> he was able to figure out the pass word to find my phone application and was able to get the exact location of where that phone was. >> vazquez was flown to regional medical center in san jose. her condition is improving and meantime on star says it is investigating why the system failed. >> incredible. an airport security breech at minneapolis st. paul employed this american who just killed while fighting for isis was just killed. a french pa