Apple Smart Watch Life Savior
Using a smart watch, a trapped river swimmer was saved. A woman who became trapped in a river while swimming was rescued after alerting emergency services with her smartwatch. According to police in The Dalles, Oregon, a woman swimming in the Columbia River called 911 from her Apple Watch after her foot became entangled in rocks. According to a police report, "the swimmer advised that she had been caught in the river for over 30 minutes and that she had made the emergency call from her Apple Watch." "The swimmer was clearly in distress and showed signs of hypothermia..." Due to the constant rains, the Columbia River was extremely high, and there are areas of flooding in the city. The river's water temperature was 56 degrees (13 degrees Celsius)." Water resistance was first added to Apple's smartwatch series in 2016 to provide wearers with health and exercise data while swimming and other water-based activities. A feature called SOS allows users to pres...