iPhone Saves Man's Life in Haiti
" An iPod, a phone, and an internet communications device". Those are the words used by Steve Jobs back then to describe the first iPhone. But I'm sure that even he did not expect his ultimate creation to literally be a lifesaver.
Filmmaker Dan Woolley was shooting a documentary about the impact of poverty in Haiti when the earthquake struck. He could have died, but he ultimately survived with the help of an iPhone first-aid app that taught him to treat his wounds.
After being crushed by a pile of rubble, Woolley used his digital SLR to illuminate his surroundings and snap photos of the wreckage in search of a safe place to dwell. He took refuge in an elevator shaft, where he followed instructions from said iPhone first-aid app to fashion a bandage and tourniquet for his leg and to stop the bleeding from his head wound. The app even warned Woolley not to fall asleep if he felt he was going into shock, so he set his iPhone's alarm clock to go off every 20 minutes. Sixty-five hours later, a French rescue team saved him.
This story proves to both geeks and everyone else that a constant internet connection, coupled with a device supporting a wealth of apps such as the iPhone, can potentially transform a person into an all-knowing, always-on being. In Woolley’s case, a simple iPhone app managed to turn him into an amateur medic to help him survive natural disaster in just a few minutes... No easy feat if you ask me!
Say what you will about the iPhone. This story is incredible!
Diggins Jan 21, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Reader Comments (3)
omg thats epic
Thats incredible and I never heard this story before today. Thank you for sharing....Apple ftw!
Mr. Diggins, I shall stop right here. Your articles, your genuinely mind-blowing articles had caught my attention at first glance. Not only to your portray your continuous admiration towards Mr. Jobs, you also sent shivers down my spine with this ever so listless story of an ongoing escapade of a long lost survivor's soul in the fiasco recently erupted in Haiti.
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