'If I wouldn't have had the SOS feature on my phone through Apple, I probably would have died on the hillside because my lung collapsed and I was suffocating,' said Eric Tunbridge.
ST. GEORGE — Eric Tunbridge was at the bottom of a gorge in southern Utah's Warner Valley with zero cell service. He had a brain injury, torn meniscus and ACL, broken ribs, two broken wrists, and a collapsed lung, causing him to lose oxygen.off a cliff while motorcycling in St. George, east of the airport near the Utah-Arizona border.
Tunbridge is a father to two daughters, ages 11 and 14. He told KSL-TV he has biked that trail hundreds of times. Tunbridge's Apple Watch called local 911 responders. When he did not respond to their request, dispatchers sent crews immediately. The Hurricane Valley Fire Department, LifeFlight and Utah Department of Public Safety helicopters responded. The rescue took four hours due to the heavy terrain.
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