{"id":69223,"date":"2023-11-16T02:41:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T02:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/?p=69223"},"modified":"2023-11-16T02:41:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T02:41:18","slug":"apple-phone-feature-saves-mans-life-after-his-car-flips-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/lifestyle\/apple-phone-feature-saves-mans-life-after-his-car-flips-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple phone feature saves mans life after his car flips over"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A man has credited a free Apple feature for getting him speedy access to emergency services after his car flipped over in a remote area of Canada earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Ryo Lu had been driving to Lake Abraham, Canada to take some pictures with a friend when disaster struck and they were left with their car trapped upside down in a snowbank.<\/p>\n

Lu said: “The car just started drifting and then it went completely out of control \u2014 it flipped over on the snowbank next to the road and we were stuck there.”<\/p>\n

The San Francisco-based 31-year-old soon remembered his iPhone was equipped with Apple’s Emergency SOS satellite service, which allowed him to contact the firefighting department to help them out.<\/p>\n

Speaking to People he explained: “It was kind of cool because you start pointing the phone to the sky. And then it started to gather key information for the emergency responders.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He said a passerby invited him and his friend to warm up in their car, where they still waited for two hours before emergency services finally arrived.<\/p>\n

Lu added: “If we drove a little bit further ahead, I think there was a cliff\u2026 we could\u2019ve been dead. This was a happy ending.\u201d<\/p>\n

He explained the Apple feature was very easy to use and allowed him to call for help even when his phone had absolutely no service.<\/p>\n

He continued: “It\u2019s designed in a way that is just super simple. It has really clear diagrams.<\/p>\n

“You turn the phone and then it shows you where the satellite is, and then when it’s in a good spot, it turns green.<\/p>\n

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