Emergency SOS on Apple Watch

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Surfer swept out to sea is saved by his watch
➥ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world...ch/ar-BB1qd8ad

“... Rick Shearman, 49, had been out body surfing at Tallow Beach in Byron Bay on a Saturday morning when he became caught in the zone where the waves break, known as the impact zone...
... Without a feasible route back to the beach, Shearman was half a mile out to sea with the current taking him even further away.
Shearman remembered he was wearing an Apple Watch and used the device to contact emergency services...”

Use Emergency SOS on your Apple Watch
➥ https://support.apple.com/en-ca/108374

“... Emergency SOS requires a cellular connection or Wi-Fi calling with an Internet connection from your Apple Watch or nearby iPhone...”