Man In Haiti Survives Due to iPhone

Buried alive under tons of wreckage, one man lived to tell the tale.

All thanks to an iPhone App.

Dan Woolley had arrived in Haiti to film the poverty-stricken nation for the mission organization Compassion International. He and his colleague were at their hotel in Port-Au-Prince when the earthquake struck.

Taking cover in an elevator shaft and sustaining a broken leg and a cut head, the situation was so dire that Woolley, fearing the worst, wrote his final goodbyes to his family in a blood-stained notebook.

Miraculously, however, Woolley was able to survive his 65-hour ordeal by following the advice of a First-Aid App on his iPhone, which taught him how to create a bandage and tourniquet for his leg. The App also advised against falling asleep should he be in shock – and so Woolley set his iPhone alarm to go off continuously every 20 minutes.

It’s striking to us how lucky Woolley was to have an Internet connection, the right App, and a functioning iPhone in that moment of need. We’re just thankful that Woolley had the right technology and the human strength to get home to his family alive.

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