Apple Watch Saves Cyclist From Drowning In A Flooding River In The UK

Various iterations of Apple Watch have proven themselves as saviors of human life time and again. In the latest example of this, Apple Watch has now saved a man in the UK from drowning in a flooding river.

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The ordeal was faced by a cyclist in the city of Hereford, England, who was swept off his bike and into the swollen River Wye on Thursday. The man was carried a mile downstream with the strong water currents but somehow managed to grab hold of a branch.

Holding onto the branch with one arm, the man managed to call the emergency number 999 with his Apple Watch. He talked to the rescue team through the watch, which ultimately proved to be the reason for him being alive today.

¡°While holding onto a tree branch tightly, he talked to our fire control personnel through his Apple Watch,¡± said rescue commander Sean Bailey, as mentioned in a report by Apple Insider. ¡°It worked very well for us and actually helped us find him as soon as possible.¡±

Bailey also pointed out that the cyclist ¡°was caught up in the turbulent river very quickly.¡± He commended the man¡¯s ability to save himself despite the extreme peril he was caught up in.

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It can be figured that the protagonist in the incident used the LTE feature of the Apple Watch to make an emergency call to the local authorities. The Apple Watch also has an emergency SOS function which can be used to contact the local authorities and send emergency text messages to designated contacts through a simple command at the time of need.

This is not the first time Apple Watch has been a deciding factor between life and death. Over time, the watch has been credited of saving so many lives that Apple regularly uses their testimonies as a video to launch new models of the Apple Watch during its launch event.