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iPhone helps Haiti survivor survive

After the commercial, hear the story of a guy who was filming a documentary in Haiti but was trapped  after the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince collapsed around him.

He used the light from his iPhone to show him his injuries and diagnose properly as a broken foot using a medical app saved on his iPhone. Then, he used the instructions to treat the excessive bleeding from cuts on his legs and the back of his head which also put him in shock.  He spen 60 hours in the rubble before rescuers were able to fish him out.

 

 

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