Apple Watch Fall Detection helps save a 92 year old farmer that fell 21 feet

Salsman had been climbing the ladder to secure a grain bin from pigeons. Once he was on it, the wind had pushed and sent him falling 21 feet the ground. “It was just a dumb stupid mistake on my part,’ Salsman told local media outlet KETV.

After he hit the ground, Salsman said he was in a lot of pain. He activated “Hey Siri” on his Apple Watch, telling it that he was “hurt bad on the farm.”

But by the time he activated the digital assistant, first responders from the Grant Volunteer Fire Department had already been alerted to the fall with details on his current location.

The retired farmer is still recovering from a broken hip and other injuries at the Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln. He said if it wasn’t for his Apple Watch, he might not have been so lucky.