03/26/2026
To our community: recently, one of our members was in a major accident. However, if he wasn’t as stubborn as we all know him to be (and lucky…) he may have not made it out of the vehicle, out of the river, and up the otherwise impassible riverbank to the road to flag down a passing medic for help. The shocking thing? The only 9-1-1 calls about the accident weren’t about his vehicle crashing, nobody saw it… they just saw a muddy and bloody man on 60 trying to flag down cars. So, a “deranged man trying to stop cars on 60” was called in… if he never made it up and out, nobody would’ve known… except his dad, because at the time of the accident, our member’s iPhone alerted his emergency contact, his dad, of the accident.
We encourage, strongly, that if you have an IPhone (14 or Newer) setting up 2 pieces on the phone’s settings.
Medical ID: Medical ID helps first responders access your critical medical information from the Lock screen, without needing your passcode. They can see information like allergies and medical conditions as well as who to contact in case of an emergency.
Car Crash Crash Detection: If your iPhone or Apple Watch detects a severe car crash, your device can help connect you to emergency services.
Here’s a link with a guide from Apple:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/104959
