Using your iPhone to save your life

A man caught in the rubble in the Haiti earthquake for 65 hours claimed that his iPhone saved his life.

39-year-old Dan Woolley of Colorado Springs, CO owes his iPhone a huge debt of gratitude because it saved his life.

Woolley, a film producer who was in Haiti filming a documentary on the nation’s poverty-stricken children, became trapped in an elevator shaft for 65 hours when the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince collapsed after the Haiti earthquake struck last week.

Ever resourceful, Woolley used the light from his iPhone to diagnose his injuries, a medical app* to treat injuries to his foot and head, the alarm clock to keep him from going into shock, then he used the phone’s camera to map his surroundings and identify a safer location to await rescue.

Full Story Via ZDNet.com

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