Apple Watch saves the life of a cyclist in the UK

It appears that the Apple Watch saved the life of a cyclist who was swept away by the current of a rising river. East He was wearing an Apple Watch with which he managed to contact the rescue team after getting caught in a tree.

In this case the river Wye, which as Wikipedia says is: «a short coastal river on the UK English Channel slope that runs through the county of Dorset»Surprised the rider who was trapped after its flash flood. Thanks to the call to the emergency services with your watch got to be rescued safe and sound.

The commander of the rescue station Sean Bailey, explained the case on local radio and BBC News details it on its website, that thanks to the call made with the Apple watch they were talking about the location and the problem that this person had. The cyclist was swept downstream, Bailey explained, managed to climb a tree and make the call with his watch to the emergency services.

The River Wye that runs through Rotherwas in Hereford and is close to the border between England and Wales was falling rapidly due to flooding and luckily for everyone the story ended well. In any case, having the option to make an emergency call with a watch, with Siri or similar can save our lives, as happened to this cyclist. Two days ago we explained in soy de Mac another happy ending with a kidnapping of a woman in Texas.


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