For those who’ve seen the movie 127 Hours, it’s a movie about a real-world experienced mountain climber finding himself trapped in a mountain crevice, unable to call for help. It goes into the various psychological and physical traumas experienced by the main character. Well, an Indian teen almost underwent the same fate just recently. He was spared from the same fate as the Apple Watch Series 7 saves his life.

It happened in Lonavala, India. A young Indian teenager Smith Meath was just hiking with three of his friends. Shockingly, he slipped inside a valley and went down the 150-foot drop rather quickly. He was thankfully was saved by a tree, but left unable to walk due to a fractured ankle and couldn’t reach for his iPhone. Alone and hurt, we’re sure that his mind was full of thoughts – not all pleasant – at this point.

This is when the Apple Watch and its functions step in to save his life. The Fall Detection feature was triggered, which automatically calls emergency services. After the call, it then sends a message to your emergency contacts containing your circumstances and location. It works even when you’re not in your home country.

It even triggers when the users are immobile, which probably means they’re unconscious.

“If your Apple Watch detects that you’re immobile for about a minute, it begins a 30-second countdown, while tapping you on the wrist and sounding an alert. The alert gets louder, so that you or someone nearby can hear it. If you don’t want to call emergency services, tap Cancel. When the countdown ends, your Apple Watch automatically contacts emergency services as well as your emergency contacts.

When the call connects, your Apple Watch plays an audio message that informs emergency services that your Apple Watch detected a hard fall and then it shares your current location as latitude and longitude coordinates. If you previously turned on the Share During Emergency Call setting under your Medical ID, your Medical ID is also automatically shared with emergency services. The first time the message plays, the audio is at full volume, but then the volume is reduced so that you, or someone nearby, can talk to the responder. The message continues to play until you tap Stop Recorded Message or the call ends.”

The teen, happy about the watch’s role in his survival, wrote an email to Apple CEO Tim Cook. We’re sure his parents are thanking the heavens for purchasing the Apple Watch that eventually saves his life. Best investment ever.

For those who are curious about setting up their Medical ID, Emergency Contacts, and other SOS features, check out the guide here!