The Apple Watch is again acknowledged that it helped keep someone connected during a life-threatening situation. The BBC reports that a cyclist in England was flooded from a river after contacting emergency services with his Apple Watch.
The story explains that the man was swept off his bike in the swollen river Wye in Rotherwas, Hereford:
He was carried a mile downstream but managed to grab a branch and spoke to fire control. Station Commander Sean Bailey said he was “happy” to hold on to the branch and add: “We are very surprised he did not lose his grip.”
While holding on to the tree, the cyclist was able to use his Apple Watch to contact emergency services. Between the location provided by the Apple Watch and the help of passers-by, firefighters were able to rescue and locate the Apple Watch:
In talks with BBC Hereford and Worcester, Mr. Bailey said the cyclist was spotted by passers-by who could give the crew an idea of where he was.
‘Even if it took another 20 minutes to locate and rescue him and bring him to safety.
He was talking to our firefighter while holding on to a tree via his Apple watch, which worked wonderfully well for us to get to him as quickly as possible. ‘
Eventually, the cyclist was rescued ‘about one mile from where he entered the river’ despite being swept ‘very quickly into the fast-flowing’ part of the river. ‘
The man was rescued about one kilometer from where he entered the river, Mr. Bailey said, adding that he was swept “very quickly into the fast-flowing” part of the river. “Our guys are very well trained for these kinds of events, but we can not repeat the situations, the high river levels you get when it is in full flood.”
He said even strong swimmers would have struggled in the conditions. ‘He’s a very lucky man who could get a branch and then probably spend 20 minutes in the water while clinging to the branch. We are very surprised that he did not lose his grip. ‘
This is another story of how a situation could have ended completely differently with the connection that Apple Watch offers. Just this past weekend, a story described how the Apple Watch helps police track down a kidnapped woman from Texas.
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